Prophet of Solar Energy: A Retrospective View of Giacomo Luigi Ciamician (1857-1922), the Founder of Green Chemistry, on the 150th Anniversary of His Birth

TCE

The Chemical Educator

ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)

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Abstract Volume 12 Issue 5 (2007) pp 362-369

Prophet of Solar Energy: A Retrospective View of Giacomo Luigi Ciamician (1857–1922), the Founder of Green Chemistry, on the 150th Anniversary of His Birth

Giorgio Nebbia and George B. Kauffman*

Professor Emeritus of Merceology, Università di Bari, Italy, nebbia@quipo.it, *Department of Chemistry, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA 93740-8034, georgek@csufresno.edu

Published online: 1 October 2007

Abstract. On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Luigi Ciamician (1857–1922) this article summarizes the life and career of this Italian-Armenian founder of green chemistry with emphasis on his work on pyrroles, plant chemistry, photochemistry, solar energy, the environment, and politics.

Key Words: Chemistry and History; biography

(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: georgek@csufresno.edu)

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