Nobel Chemists - Introduction by Nobel Laureate Aaron Ciechanover

Who are the faces behind chemistry? This volume presents portraits of all living Chemistry Nobel Laureates by the acclaimed photographer Peter Badge. Printed in high quality with an introduction by Nobel Laureate Aaron Ciechanover, the book invites reflection on the human aspect of science and on the personalities behind the most important developments in chemistry in the last decades. As a celebration of the chemist it is the ideal book to dignify the international year of chemistry.

About the author

Peter Badge was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1974, and began his career in photography as a free-lance artist in 1993. In 1995, he moved to Berlin to study Art History and has been living and working there ever since. He initially worked as a free-lance photographer for different magazines, but soon started to develop his own ideas and projects. Choosing portraiture as his main focus, Badge concentrated on noted personalities such as artists and actors, musicians and photographers. Peter Badge has published several books; his work is represented in numerous private and public collections and has been printed in newspapers and magazines.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Badge
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.03.2011
• EAN: 9783110254822
• ISBN: 978-3-11-025482-2
• No. of pages: 146
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 22 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 770 g
• Illustrations: 73 b/w ill.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry; Biographien (div.), Nobelpreis