Le Blanc, Max

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Yet Haber barely paused to savor his success. He wanted even more. Karlsruhe s chemical institute had received permission to expand, establishing a new chair in physical chemistry, Haber s new specialty. Haber didn t heed the subtle signs that this professorship was intended for someone older and more experienced he wanted it himself. And when, in 1900, the position went instead to Max Julius Le Blanc, one of Ostwald s former assistants, Haber was bitter. In a letter to Ostwald, he confessed that he felt completely superfluous at Karlsruhe, and would almost certainly have to move on to a different university. (The letter can t be taken completely at face value. Ostwald supervised the shuffling of physical chemists among German universities, and Haber s letter served as an informal application for any other position in physical chemistry that Ostwald might know about.)... 

Haber s prospects took a decisive turn for the better in 1906. Max Julius Le Blanc, the professor of physical chemistry whose appointment in Karlsruhe had thrown Haber into depression six years earlier—and whom Haber tormented in faculty seminars— left to take a position in Leipzig. The way seemed clear for Haber to inherit Le Blanc s position. Indeed, Haber believed that he d been promised the job if Le Blanc ever left. 

The laboratory of Max Volmer (1885-1965) in Berlin was the possible best choice of the 28-year-old Erdey-Gruz. Volmer was an excellent scientist. He got his Ph.D. at the institute of Le Blanc in 1910. Working with Otto Stem (1888-1969), they discovered the equation of fluorescence intensity (Stem-Volmer equation). After a... 

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