Karl Ziegler's Birth Card: The 7 of Hearts

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Karl Waldemar Ziegler (German: [kaːʁl ˈvaldəˌmaʁ ˈt͡siːɡlɐ]; 26 November 1898 – 12 August 1973) was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers. The birth-card coordinate for November 26 is the 7 of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1963 Chemistry prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1963 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers

The 7 of Hearts coordinate

Karl Ziegler's birthday maps to the 7 of Hearts (The Reflective Heart). 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 Karl Ziegler. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You look at love clearly without using analysis as a way not to feel it.

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Karl Ziegler in the public record

The Nobel Committee recognized his "excellent work on organometallic compounds [which]...led to new polymerization reactions and ... paved the way for new and highly useful industrial processes". He is also known for his work involving free-radicals, many-membered rings, and organometallic compounds, as well as the development of Ziegler–Natta catalyst. One of many awards Ziegler received was the Werner von Siemens Ring in 1960 jointly with Otto Bayer and Walter Reppe, for expanding the scientific knowledge of and the technical development of new synthetic materials. Karl Ziegler was born on 26 November 1898 in Helsa near Kassel, Germany and was the second son of Karl Ziegler, a Lutheran minister, and Luise Rall Ziegler. He attended Kassel-Bettenhausen in elementary school. An introductory physics textbook first sparked Ziegler's interest in science. It drove him to perform experiments in his home and to read extensively beyond his high school curriculum. He was also introduced to many notable individuals through his father, including Emil Adolf von Behring, recognized for the diphtheria vaccine.

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

Where the record meets the 9 of Clubs

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Karl Waldemar Ziegler (German: [kaːʁl ˈvaldəˌmaʁ ˈt͡siːɡlɐ]; 26 November 1898 – 12 August 1973) was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: chemistry.

Also on the record

1. His extra study and experimentation help explain why he received an award for most outstanding student in his final year at high school in Kassel, Germany.
2. He studied at the University of Marburg and was able to omit his first two semesters of study due to his extensive background knowledge.
3. His studies were interrupted however, as during 1918 he was deployed to the front as a soldier to serve in World War I.
4. He received his Ph.D. in 1920, studying under Karl von Auwers.

Other laureates with this card

• Adolfo Pérez Esquivel — 1980 Peace
• Barry J. Marshall — 2005 Physiology or Medicine
• Elie Wiesel — 1986 Peace
• Elizabeth H. Blackburn — 2009 Physiology or Medicine
• Jean Baptiste Perrin — 1926 Physics
• Jean-Marie Lehn — 1987 Chemistry
• Johann Deisenhofer — 1988 Chemistry
• Richard L.M. Synge — 1952 Chemistry
• Sir Nevill F. Mott — 1977 Physics

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What is Karl Ziegler's birth card?

The 7 of Hearts. November 26 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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Where do Karl Ziegler's dates come from?

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