Article ID: CBB000410706

Free Radicals in the European Periphery: “Translating” Organic Chemistry from Zurich to Barcelona in the Early Twentieth Century (2004)

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In 1915, after acquiring first-hand knowledge of the new free radical chemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Antonio García Banús (1888-1955) became professor of organic chemistry at the University of Barcelona and created his own research group, which was to last from 1915 until 1936. He was a gifted teacher and a prolific writer who attempted to introduce international scientific standards into his local environment. This paper analyses the bridges that Bans built between the experimental culture of organic chemistry at the ETH and the University of Barcelona. It presents a case study which aims to provide new historical data for the general analysis of groups who conducted their work in the European periphery.

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Authors & Contributors
Nieto-Galan, Agustí
Zarzoso, Alfons
Speiser, Ambros P.
Montserrat, Liese
Santanach, Pere
Girnus, Wolfgang
Journals
Actes d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, Fachgruppe Geschichte der Chemie
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
History of Psychiatry
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Publishers
L'Erma di Bretschneider
Universitat de Barcelona
Cambra Oficial de Comerç, Indústria i Navegació de Barcelona
Brepols
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Societies; institutions; academies
Chemistry
Popularization
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Science and culture
People
Willstätter, Richard
Hantzsch, Arthur
Flammarion, Camille
Yàñez, Agustí
Buen, Odón de
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
16th century
20th century, late
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Barcelona (Spain)
Spain
Zurich (Switzerland)
Switzerland
Catalonia (Spain)
Europe
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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (Zürich)
International Business Machines Corporation
Sociedad Astronómica de Barcelona
University of Madrid
Universidad Valencia
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