Hans-Werner Schuett

Hans-Werner Schütt (born October 6, 1937 in Berlin ) is a German historian of science who has done research primarily on the history of chemistry and the history of alchemy . He taught "History of Exact Science and Technology" at the Technical University of Berlin and held various visiting professorships abroad.

Life

Schütt studied chemistry and received his doctorate in physical chemistry at the University of Kiel in 1966. He initially worked as a scientist at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and at Unilever . In 1975 he completed his habilitation in the history of science at the University of Hamburg. In 1977 he was appointed professor there. In 1979 research stays at various American universities followed. In the same year he was offered a professorship for 'History of Exact Sciences and Technology' at the TU Berlin , which he held until his retirement in 2004. Visiting professorships in Beijing and San José in Costa Rica . Research focus: 19th century chemistry and history of alchemy. Schütt was u. a. President of the Society for the History of Science , chairman of the section on the history of chemistry of the Society of German Chemists , representative of Germany in the History of Chemistry section of the European Federation of Chemical Societies, chairman of an expert committee of the German Research Foundation and the section on the history of chemistry.

Schütt is the author of several monographs, including an extensive work on the history of alchemy (2000). Under the pseudonym HWS Turnau he published a children's book, a short story and a collection of short stories. Schütt is a member of the Berlin Club .

Fonts

Monographs (selection)

• Emil Wohlwill . Galileo researchers - chemists - citizens of Hamburg in the 19th century. Hildesheim 1972.
• The discovery of isomorphism. A case study on the history of mineralogy and chemistry. Hildesheim 1984.
• Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794–1863) - master builder on the foundation of chemistry. Munich 1992. (Engl. Transl .: Eilhard Mitscherlich - Prince of Prussian Chemistry. Washington 1997)
• In search of the philosopher's stone. The history of alchemy. Munich 2000 (Spanish edition 2002)
• Boon and the Pharaoh's Secret. Berlin 2007 (published under the pseudonym HWS Turnau)

Articles (selection)

• Wollaston, Fuchs, Gay-Lussac and Klaproth as Mitscherlich's forerunners . In: Eilhard Mitscherlich and the Isomorphie, Deutsches Museum , Treatises and Reports, Volume 41, Issue 3, Munich 1973.
• History of Science in America. In: Reports on the History of Science 2, 1979, pp. 219–223.
• History of Science in the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Isis, Official Journal of the History of Science Society, 71, 1980, pp. 375-380.
• The limits and goals of alchemy. In: Reports on the history of science . Volume 5, 1-2, 1982, pp. 41-51, doi: 10.1002 / bewi.19820050107
• History of science and technology in Latin America. In: Reports on the History of Science, 8, 1985, 46.
• Galileo, Technology and the Roman Church: Two Cultures - Two Truths? In: Wissenschaftsgeschichte heute, Christian Hünemörder (Ed.), Stuttgart 1987, p. 47.
• Alchemy language layers. In: Reports on the history of science. Volume 17, 2, 1994, pp. 89-99, doi: 10.1002 / bewi.19940170204
• Alchemy as non-chemistry at the beginning of modern times. In: Reports on the history of science. Volume 20, 2-3, 1997, pp. 147-158, doi: 10.1002 / bewi.19970200203
• History of Science between Two Cultures . In: Tamkang Chair Lectures Series (131), Tamkang University, Taipei 2001.

literature

• Astrid Schürmann, Burkhard Weiss (ed.): Chemistry - Culture - History: Festschrift for Hans-Werner Schütt on the occasion of his 65th birthday. GNT-Verlag 2002, ISBN 978-3-928186-63-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans-Werner Schütt in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Schütt at the TU Berlin
• Review of the history of alchemy in "Sehepunkte"