This is the first piece of nonfiction that mccarthy has published. Its a fascinating essay that takes its name from a dream of friedrich august kekule, father of organic chemistry. August kekule and the birth of the structural theory of organic. At the santa fe institute sfi he is a research colleague and thought of in complementary terms. Today, we are able to write the structure of dna, map the human genome, and understand the functions.
Dec 20, 20 friedrich august kekule is famously known to have discovered the ring structure of benzene in a dream where he saw a snake seizing its own tail. August kekules account of his discovery of the ring or hexagonal structure of the benzene moleculethe event that ushered in the science of organic chemistryis the single most cited personal. He reported the dream in the following words many years after it took place, in. Jul, 2014 august kekule 1829 1896 on july, 1896, german organic chemist friedrich august kekule passed away.
Brock one of the founding fathers of organic chemistry, the german chemist friedrich august kekul6 died 100 years ago in bonn on july 1896. Friedrich august kekule wikipedija, prosta enciklopedija. Portrait of august kekule 18291896, chemist 2551806520. Cormac mccarthy is best known to the world as a writer of novels. Kekules workingout of the structure of benzene is a wellknown story. Vrlo rano je pokazao zainteresovanost za botaniku i druge prirodne nauke i nakon zavrsetka gimnazije u darmstatu odlazi na studije. Became professor of chemistry at the university of.
Aug 15, 2008 friedrich august kekule 1829 1896, from the edited h2g2, the unconventional guide to life, the universe and everything. It was quite challenging for him to determine the correct structure of benzene. August kekule quotes science quotes dictionary of. Friedrich august kekule journal of chemical education. Wikimedia commons en badira fitxategi gehiago, gai hau dutenak. Friedrich august kekule biography, facts and pictures. Pdf creative cognitive processes in kekules discovery. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Friedrich august kekule was a renowned german organic chemist who was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure in organic chemistry. To submit students of this mathematician, please use the new data form, noting this mathematicians mgp id of 158751 for the advisor id. At that point of time, he saw a snake coiling up and biting its own tail.
Song stay the night radio version artist james blunt. He reported the dream in the following words many years after it took place, in a speech at a dinner commemorating his discovery. Include o traducere in limba engleza a discursului din 1890 al lui kekule in care vorbea despre dezvoltarea teoriei structurii. August kekule and the birth of the structural theory of organic chemistry in 1858. Friedrich august kekule 1829 1896, from the edited h2g2, the unconventional guide to life, the universe and everything. Kekule was born in darmstadt, the son of a civil servant. These include blood meridian, all the pretty horses, no country for old men, and the road. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Friedrich august kekule was born in darmstadt, germany on september 7, 1829.
Keku16s theoretical insights into the classification of organic compounds, valency and structural chemistry and his suggestion of the hexagonal. Kekule began his career as a student of architecture, went on to study. Pdf creative cognitive processes in kekules discovery of. Darmstadt, actual alemania, 1829 bonn, 1896 quimico aleman. Kekule habilitoval jako docent organicke chemie a v roce 1858 pusobil jako profesor v belgickem gentu. The son of a civil servant, he initially attended the local gymnasium performing well in languages and demonstrating a talent for drawing. Whats forgotten is that this wasnt the first time kekule had dreamed a breakthrough. If you have additional information or corrections regarding this mathematician, please use the update form. The kekule structure for benzene kekule was the first to formulate a reasonable representation of benzene the kekule structure suggests alternating double and single bonds based on the kekule structure one would expect there to be two different 1,2dibromobenzenes but there is only one. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Cormac mccarthy on the origin of language nautilus. Friedrich august kekule journal of chemical education acs. Friedrich august kekule was a german scientist who was born on september 7, 1829 in darmstadt, germany.
The exact structure of benzene was correctly put forth by friedrich august kekule. September 7 today in science history august kekule. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Kekule je roden u staroj ceskoj plemickoj porodici.
He was actually solving a chemistry problem and daydreaming. Writers james blunt, ryan tedder, steve robson, bob marley. He was consequently encouraged to become an architect by his parents. Friedrich august kekule darmstadt, 7 september 1829bonn, july 1896.
In this regards, friedrich august kekule 18291896, among other things, made fundamental studies in organic structure theory, amongst which some related. Kekule began his career as a student of architecture, went on to study chemistry and physics, and had a famous dream about a snake that would have stumped freud. However, this slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Kekule was born into an uppermiddleclass family of civil. Kekule originally studied architecture, but later became interested in chemistry. After studies in the local gymnasium, young august, obedient to his fathers wishes, enrolled in the school of architecture at the university. Kekules ouroboros dream and the structure of benzene. Pronunciation of friedrich august kekule with 2 audio pronunciations, 2 synonyms, 1 meaning, 1 sentence and more for friedrich august kekule.
After graduating from secondary school, in 1847 he entered the university of giessen, with the intention of studying architecture. The german chemist friedrich august kekule 18291896 was the founder of structural organic chemistry. From 185558 he was privadozent lecturer in heidelberg, and was a professor at ghent in 1858 and bonn in. According to our current online database, friedrich kekule has 2 students and 32 descendants.
From the 1850s until his death, kekule was one of the most prominent chemists in europe, especially in theoretical chemistry. Apr 22, 2017 the science magazine nautilus has published cormac mccarthys essay the kekule problem. Friedrich kekule the mathematics genealogy project. Friedrich august kekule article about friedrich august. In 1890, twenty five years after thebenzene structure was elucidated by ke kul6, he made a major speech on the origins and birth of the.