Familial influences as well as historical influences on reknowned scientists will be discussed.  For example, although Richard Kuhn came from a Jewish heritage, his career fluorished under Hitler and although Fritz Haber wanted to help secure a victory for Germany with minimal human loss by advocating chemical warfare, his chemist wife disagreed and committed suicide. Emil Fischer's failure at his father's business led him to go to college to learn chemistry.  Marie Curie's parents instilled in her a love of education and she escaped Tsarist controlled Poland to fluorish in France.  These will be discussed in terms of students' approach to education and their research activities.

Familial and historical influences on the lives of renowned scientists

247th National Meeting (2014)

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