Albert Eschenmoser
Prizes are Good but Discoveries are Better
(Lives in Chemistry – Lebenswerke in der Chemie)
348 pp, 338 fig., hardcover, in slipcase, 39.80 €
ISBN 978-3-86225-136-0
_{(To be released in June 2025)}
Autobiography of Albert Eschenmoser (1925–2023), the Swiss chemist who united landmark syntheses like vitamin B₁₂ with profound insights into life’s molecular origins.

Ryoji Noyori
Research Should Be Fresh, Simple, and Clear
(Lives in Chemistry – Lebenswerke in der Chemie)
346 pp, 316 fig., hardcover, in slipcase, 39.80 €
ISBN 978-3-86225-135-3
_{(To be released in June 2025)}
Autobiography of Ryoji Noyori, Nobel laureate in catalysis, shaped by postwar Japan, global science, and civic responsibility.

Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus
Burning for Science—a Woman in a Technical Field
(Lives in Chemistry – Lebenswerke in der Chemie)
314 pp, 227 fig., hardcover, in slipcase, 39.80 €
ISBN 978-3-86225-137-7
Autobiography of the professor of physical chemistry at the Bielefeld University, a dual-career between cross-border science and family.

Hubert Schmidbaur
From Chemical Craftsmanship to the Art of Gilding Atoms
(Lives in Chemistry – Lebenswerke in der Chemie)
282 pp, 266 Figs., hardcover, in slipcase, 39.80 €
ISBN 978-3-86225-134-6
Autobiography of the Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the TU Munich, one of the most cited German chemists.

Larry E. Overman
Designing Synthetic Methods and Natural Products Synthesis
(Lives in Chemistry – Lebenswerke in der Chemie)
252 pp, 213 fig., hardcover, in slipcase, 39.80 €
ISBN 978-3-86225-133-9
Autobiography of the Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine, well known for the development of new chemical reactions, esp. the “Overman rearrangement”.

Gerhard Ertl
My Life with Science
(Lives in Chemistry – Lebenswerke in der Chemie)
196 pp, 98 fig., hardcover, in slipcase, 39.80 €
ISBN 978-3-86225-131-5
Extended English edition of the German language autobiography.

Stephen B. H. Kent
Inventing Synthetic Methods to Discover How Enzymes Work
(Lives in Chemistry – Lebenswerke in der Chemie)
336 pp, 267 fig., hardcover, in slip case, 39,80 €
ISBN 978-3-86225-129-2
Stephen B. H. Kent solved one of the grand challenges of 20th Century chemistry: the total synthesis of protein molecules.