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Ernst Otto Fischer (1918–2007)

Nature volume 449, page 156 (2007)Cite this article

Organometallic chemist, and cosmopolitan Bavarian patriot.

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  1. Wolfgang A. Herrmann is in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry and is president of the Technische Universität München, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 München, Germany. praesident@tum.de,

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