Georg Wittig's Birth Card: The Ace of Diamonds

In the record

Georg Wittig (German: [ˈɡeː.ɔʁk ˈvɪ.tɪç] ; 16 June 1897 – 26 August 1987) was a German chemist who reported a method for synthesis of alkenes from aldehydes and ketones using compounds called phosphonium ylides in the Wittig reaction. The birth-card coordinate for June 16 is the Ace of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1979 Chemistry prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1979 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis

The Ace of Diamonds coordinate

Georg Wittig's birthday maps to the Ace of Diamonds (The Wealth Pioneer). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Georg Wittig. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You start a resource in motion because you trust you can make and keep value.

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Georg Wittig in the public record

He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Herbert C. Brown in 1979. Wittig was born in Berlin, Germany; shortly after his birth moved with his family to Kassel, where his father was professor at the applied arts high school. He attended school in Kassel and started studying chemistry at the University of Tübingen 1916. He was drafted and became a lieutenant in the cavalry of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). After being an Allied prisoner of war from 1918 until 1919, Wittig found it hard to restart his chemistry studies owing to overcrowding at the universities. By a direct plea to Karl von Auwers, who was professor for organic chemistry at the University of Marburg at the time, he was able to resume university study and after three years was awarded the Ph.D. in organic chemistry. Karl von Auwers was able to convince him to start an academic career, leading to his habilitation in 1926.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Georg Wittig (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the Ace of Hearts

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Karl von Auwers was able to convince him to start an academic career, leading to his habilitation in 1926.

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Also on the record

1. He became a close friend of Karl Ziegler, who was also doing his habilitation with Auwers during that time.
2. The successor of Karl von Auwers, Hans Meerwein, accepted Wittig as lecturer, partly because he was impressed by the new 400-page book on stereochemistry that Wittig had written.
3. In 1931 Wittig married Waltraud Ernst, a colleague from the Auwers working group.
4. The invitation of Karl Fries brought him as professor to the TU Braunschweig in 1932.

Other laureates with this card

• Alfred D. Hershey — 1969 Physiology or Medicine
• Andrea Ghez — 2020 Physics
• Arthur H. Compton — 1927 Physics
• Barbara McClintock — 1983 Physiology or Medicine
• Bernard L. Feringa — 2016 Chemistry
• Bertrand Russell — 1950 Literature
• Brian P. Schmidt — 2011 Physics
• Burton Richter — 1976 Physics
• César Milstein — 1984 Physiology or Medicine
• David J. Wineland — 2012 Physics
• Ei-ichi Negishi — 2010 Chemistry
• Erwin Schrödinger — 1933 Physics
• 18 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Georg Wittig's birth card?

The Ace of Diamonds. June 16 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?

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