Cover illustration:
Top left: Friedrich Bergius (see Fig. 2.1). Source: Courtesy of Johannes Bergius and Renate Bergius Burgess.
Top right: Franz Fischer (see Fig. 2.8). Source: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr.
Bottom left: Matthias Pier (see Fig. 3.1). Source: Werner Lang, “Matthias Pier, Ehrenbürger von Nackenheim,” Nackenheimer Heimatkundliche Schriftenreihe, Heft 16, (Herausgegeben vom Verkehrsverein e.V., Nackenheim am Rhein, 1982). Pier Collection, BASF Archives, Ludwigshafen.
Bottom right: Hans Tropsch (see Fig. 2.8). Source: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr.
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