5 Conclusion
By the way, one should not too often ask elderly scientists to write “Reflections”.
A picture that was supposed to illustrate this statement in a humorous way could
unfortunately not be printed: not because it was too sexy, but only because I could
not resolve the intricate question of the printing rights.
Do we scientists really always know where our good ideas are coming from, or
what our source of inspiration is?
References
1. Staudinger H (1961) Arbeitserinnerungen. A. Hu ¨thig, Heidelberg
2. Staudinger H (1970) From organic chemistry to macromolecules: a scientific autobiography
based on my original papers. Wiley, New York
3. Mark H (1980) Naturwissenschaften 67:477–483
4. Gros L (2004) In: Flu ¨ckiger F, Ruprecht R, Schreurer R (eds) Engineering education today: 33
rd
international symposium IGIP/IEEE/ASEE Fribourg, Switzerland.University of Applied Sciences
of Western Switzerland, Fribourg, pp 642–645
5. Staudinger H (1932) Die hochmolekularen organischen Verbindungen: Kautschuk und Cellulose.
Springer, Berlin, 47ff
6. Mark H (1970) Foreword In: Staudinger H, From organic chemistry to macromolecules:
a scientific autobiography based on my original papers. Wiley, NewYork
7. Ringsdorf H (2004) Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 43:1064–1076
8. Hofmann R, Laszlo P (2001) Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 40:4599–4604
9. Staudinger H (1920) Ber Dtsch Chem Ges 53:1073
10. Staudinger H, Fritschi J (1922) Helv Chim Acta 5:785–806
11. Staudinger H (1924) Ber Dtsch Chem Ges 57:1203–1208
12. Staudinger H, Klever HW (1911) Ber Dtsch Chem Ges 44:2212–2215
13. Staudinger H (1910) Patent DRP 257 640 Kl. 120 (Sept. 4)
14. Holt H (1914) Angew Chem 27:153
15. Lautenschla ¨ger L (1913) Dissertation, TH Karlsruhe
16. Staudinger H (1923) Anleitung zur organischen qualitativen Analyse. Springer, Berlin
17. Jaenicke L (2001) BIOspectrum 7:45
18. Watson JD, Crick FHC (1953) Nature 171:737–738
19. Nobelprize.org (1964) Hermann Staudinger – Nobel lecture, December 11, 1953: Macromolecular
chemistry. In: Nobel lectures, chemistry 1942–1962. Elsevier, Amsterdam. http://www.nobelprize.
org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1953/staudinger-lecture.pdf. Accessed 21 Oct 2013
20. Roth KI (2006) Chem Unserer Zeit 42:346–359
21. Duncan R (2003) Nat Rev Drug Discov 2:347–360
22. Arrowsmith J (2012) Nat Rev Drug Discov 11:17, http://www.nature.com/nrd/collections/10/
index.html
23. Jolles G, Wooldridge K (1984) Drug design: facts or fantasy. Academic, New York
24. Kuhn TS (1962) The structure of scientific revolutions, 1st edn. University of Chicago Press,
Chicago
25. Harrison C (2012) Nat Rev Drug Discov 11:12
26. Swinney DC, Anthony J (2011) Nat Rev Drug Discov 10:507–519
27. Giacomini KM, Huang SM, Tweedie DJ, Benet LZ et al (2010) Nat Rev Drug Discov 9:
215–236
28. Whitehead KA, Langer R, Anderson DG (2009) Nat Rev Drug Discov 8:129–138
29. Folkman J (2007) Nat Rev Drug Discov 6:273–286
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H. Ringsdorf
By the way, one should not too often ask elderly scientists to write “Reflections”.
A picture that was supposed to illustrate this statement in a humorous way could
unfortunately not be printed: not because it was too sexy, but only because I could
not resolve the intricate question of the printing rights.
Do we scientists really always know where our good ideas are coming from, or
what our source of inspiration is?
References
1. Staudinger H (1961) Arbeitserinnerungen. A. Hu ¨thig, Heidelberg
2. Staudinger H (1970) From organic chemistry to macromolecules: a scientific autobiography
based on my original papers. Wiley, New York
3. Mark H (1980) Naturwissenschaften 67:477–483
4. Gros L (2004) In: Flu ¨ckiger F, Ruprecht R, Schreurer R (eds) Engineering education today: 33
rd
international symposium IGIP/IEEE/ASEE Fribourg, Switzerland.University of Applied Sciences
of Western Switzerland, Fribourg, pp 642–645
5. Staudinger H (1932) Die hochmolekularen organischen Verbindungen: Kautschuk und Cellulose.
Springer, Berlin, 47ff
6. Mark H (1970) Foreword In: Staudinger H, From organic chemistry to macromolecules:
a scientific autobiography based on my original papers. Wiley, NewYork
7. Ringsdorf H (2004) Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 43:1064–1076
8. Hofmann R, Laszlo P (2001) Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 40:4599–4604
9. Staudinger H (1920) Ber Dtsch Chem Ges 53:1073
10. Staudinger H, Fritschi J (1922) Helv Chim Acta 5:785–806
11. Staudinger H (1924) Ber Dtsch Chem Ges 57:1203–1208
12. Staudinger H, Klever HW (1911) Ber Dtsch Chem Ges 44:2212–2215
13. Staudinger H (1910) Patent DRP 257 640 Kl. 120 (Sept. 4)
14. Holt H (1914) Angew Chem 27:153
15. Lautenschla ¨ger L (1913) Dissertation, TH Karlsruhe
16. Staudinger H (1923) Anleitung zur organischen qualitativen Analyse. Springer, Berlin
17. Jaenicke L (2001) BIOspectrum 7:45
18. Watson JD, Crick FHC (1953) Nature 171:737–738
19. Nobelprize.org (1964) Hermann Staudinger – Nobel lecture, December 11, 1953: Macromolecular
chemistry. In: Nobel lectures, chemistry 1942–1962. Elsevier, Amsterdam. http://www.nobelprize.
org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1953/staudinger-lecture.pdf. Accessed 21 Oct 2013
20. Roth KI (2006) Chem Unserer Zeit 42:346–359
21. Duncan R (2003) Nat Rev Drug Discov 2:347–360
22. Arrowsmith J (2012) Nat Rev Drug Discov 11:17, http://www.nature.com/nrd/collections/10/
index.html
23. Jolles G, Wooldridge K (1984) Drug design: facts or fantasy. Academic, New York
24. Kuhn TS (1962) The structure of scientific revolutions, 1st edn. University of Chicago Press,
Chicago
25. Harrison C (2012) Nat Rev Drug Discov 11:12
26. Swinney DC, Anthony J (2011) Nat Rev Drug Discov 10:507–519
27. Giacomini KM, Huang SM, Tweedie DJ, Benet LZ et al (2010) Nat Rev Drug Discov 9:
215–236
28. Whitehead KA, Langer R, Anderson DG (2009) Nat Rev Drug Discov 8:129–138
29. Folkman J (2007) Nat Rev Drug Discov 6:273–286
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H. Ringsdorf