Hans Gerhard Zachmann

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Hans Gerhard Zachmann (born July 21, 1931 in Solka ; † April 28, 1996 in Milan , mostly Hans G. Zachmann ) was a German chemist and university professor.

Life

Zachmann studied chemistry and obtained his doctorate in 1960 with Herbert Arthur Stuart at the University of Mainz . He also completed his habilitation in Mainz in 1965. He then went to Anton Peterlin as a visiting scientist at the Research Triangle Institute in North Carolina in 1968 . Between 1971 and 1977 Zachmann was Professor of Chemistry in Mainz, and in 1977 he moved to the University of Hamburg . Scientifically, he dealt mainly with polymers. Zachmann also became known through a textbook "Mathematics for Chemists", which was first published in 1972 and had numerous editions.

Zachmann was the spokesman for the special research area “Macromolecules” at the University of Mainz .

Prizes and awards (selection)

  • 1988 Alexander von Humboldt Mutis Prize

Publications (selection)

  • (edited by Ansgar Jüngel): Mathematics for Chemists , 6th edition, ISBN 978-3-527-30315-1 , Publisher: Wiley-VCH, Weinheim (2007), first edition 1972.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Francisco Balt Calleja, Benjamin Hsiao, Wenli Wu: Preface. In: Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B. 37, 1998, pp. 5-6, doi : 10.1080 / 00222349808220481 .