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Advances in Polymer Science 262 Advances in Polymer Science Editorial Board: A. Abe, Tokyo, Japan A.-C. Albertsson, Stockholm, Sweden G.W. Coates, Ithaca, NY, USA J. Genzer, Raleigh, NC, USA S. Kobayashi, Kyoto, Japan K.-S. Lee, Daejeon, South Korea L. Leibler, Paris, France T.E. Long, Blacksburg, VA, USA M. Mo¨ller, Aachen, Germany O. Okay, Istanbul, Turkey B.Z. Tang, Hong Kong, China E.M. Terentjev, Cambridge, UK M.J. Vicent, Valencia, Spain B. Voit, Dresden, Germany U. Wiesner, Ithaca, NY, USA X. Zhang, Beijing, China For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/12 Aims and Scope The series Advances in Polymer Science presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and biopolymer science. It covers all areas of research in polymer and biopolymer science including chemistry, physical chemistry, physics, material science. The thematic volumes are addressed to scientists, whether at universities or in industry, who wish to keep abreast of the important advances in the covered topics. Advances in Polymer Science enjoys a longstanding tradition and good reputa- tion in its community. Each volume is dedicated to a current topic, and each review critically surveys one aspect of that topic, to place it within the context of the volume. The volumes typically summarize the significant developments of the last 5 to 10 years and discuss them critically, presenting selected examples, explaining and illustrating the important principles, and bringing together many important references of primary literature. On that basis, future research directions in the area can be discussed. Advances in Polymer Science volumes thus are important refer- ences for every polymer scientist, as well as for other scientists interested in polymer science - as an introduction to a neighboring field, or as a compilation of detailed information for the specialist. Review articles for the individual volumes are invited by the volume editors. Single contributions can be specially commissioned. Readership: Polymer scientists, or scientists in related fields interested in poly- mer and biopolymer science, at universities or in industry, graduate students. Special offer: For all clients with a standing order we offer the electronic form of Advances in Polymer Science free of charge. Virgil Percec Editor Hierarchical Macromolecular Structures: 60 Years after the Staudinger Nobel Prize II With contributions by A. Abe Á K. Albrecht Á A.-K. Appel Á S. Bode Á D. Crespy Á T.J. Deming Á R. DeVane Á C. Dingels Á G. Fiorin Á F. Freire Á H. Frey Á N. Gangloff Á J. Groll Á D.M. Haddleton Á M.D. Hager Á K. Hur Á Z. Jia Á B. Kerscher Á M.L. Klein Á S. Kobayashi Á K. Landfester Á R. Luxenhofer Á M. Mo¨ller Á M.J. Monteiro Á R. Mu¨lhaupt Á K. Mu¨llen Á Y. Ohta Á E. Quin˜oa Á R. Riguera Á J.G. Rudick Á B. Rybtchinski Á B. Sandmann Á K. Schadt Á U.S. Schubert Á F. Schu¨ler Á J.M. Seco Á W. Shinoda Á S. Singh Á R.H. Staff Á F. Topuz Á U. Wiesner Á T. Yokozawa Á Q. Zhang Editor Virgil Percec Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA ISSN 0065-3195 ISSN 1436-5030 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-03718-9 ISBN 978-3-319-03719-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-03719-6 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013957881 # Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013 This work is subject to copyright. 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Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Foreword: Memories of Hermann Staudinger by one of his grandchildren I am delighted to contribute to this special issue of Advances in Polymer Science a few memories of my grandfather Hermann Staudinger, whom I knew for almost 20 years until his death in 1965. With his first wife, Dorothea Staudinger-Fo¨rster, he had four children: Eva, born 1907 in Strasbourg; my mother Hilde, born 1910 in Karlsruhe; Hansju¨rgen, born 1914 in Zu¨rich; and Klara, born 1916 in Zu¨rich. His daughters and his son married and had ten children that I still regularly see. Because my father, Theodore Ru¨egg, died soon after my birth in 1946, and since I was his only child, my mother arranged that I would often see her father and her brother Hansju¨rgen, who became my godfather. I thus had the unique opportunity of often seeing and talking to both of them and of being partly educated by them. These get-togethers started right after the end of World War II and took place either in Zu¨rich, where we lived, in Basel, or in nearby Freiburg (Germany). During that time, my mother often travelled north loaded with precious food such as butter, bread, sugar, meat, and coffee beans, the essential ingredient for preparing the preferred morning drink of my grandfather. He would also visit us in Zurich several times a year. As a result of the hard times he had endured during the Nazi regime, he had aged considerably and lost weight (Fig. 1). In the early 1950s, Hermann Staudinger visited his three daughters and their children in the Zu¨rich area at least twice a year, which would often be the occasion for a family reunion. On his 70th birthday, most family members travelled to Freiburg, as can be seen in Fig. 2. The get-togethers with him, his second wife Magda, and her parents Irmgard and Oskar Woit took place in their house in Freiburg. These visits impressed and influenced me greatly. My mother and I were picked up at the Freiburg train station by a chauffeur-driven Borgward car, which brought us to the impressive house at Lugostrasse 14, where the Staudingers welcomed us (Fig. 3). My grandfather often took me on walks through their large garden surrounding the house to show me the unique collection of plants and flowers. I have been told that he knew all of the more than 250 plants growing there, as well as their Latin names. He checked them daily and took care of them with the help of a gardener. v vi Foreword: Memories of Hermann Staudinger by one of his grandchildren Fig. 1 Hermann Staudinger with grandson Urs in Zurich in 1948 He originally wanted to become a botanist, but his high school teacher advised him to first study chemistry, the basis of plant and animal life, which we now call the “life sciences.” I remember that at Easter time, when the daffodils and tulips surrounding a small pond in the upper part of the garden were in bloom and smelling wonderfully, we strolled around the garden and I listened to my grand- father’s stories. These were inspired by Nature, most of them dealing with wild animals of the jungles and savannas: lions, giraffes, elephants, etc. They talked to each other and to the people around them, like in the stories of Doctor Doolittle. Foreword: Memories of Hermann Staudinger by one of his grandchildren vii Fig. 2 Family reunion in Freiburg on the 70th birthday of Hermann Staudinger on 23rd March 1951. From left to right: Hilde Ru¨egg-Staudinger, Dora Lezzi (at the back), Luzia Kaufmann (in front), Hermann Staudinger, Urs Ru¨egg (between his knees), Peter Kaufmann (at the back), Eva Lezzi-Staudinger, Hansju¨rgen Staudinger (at the back), Klara Kaufmann-Staudinger, Gabriele Staudinger-Schwarz, statue of Franz Staudinger (father of Hermann). Not in the picture: Magda Staudinger; Max, Ju¨rg and Markus Lezzi; Monika, Reinhard and Peter Staudinger; Gustav and Ulrich Kaufmann (Courtesy of Markus Lezzi) A follow-up came in the mornings, when I was invited to join my grandfather and Magda: He then told me stories by Wilhelm Hauff, for example the one about “Dwarf Nose,” in which a community is described whose only purpose in life is to work, buy and sell, and earn money. Later on, my grandfather’s arms and legs became parts of animals, some of them as dangerous as crocodile jaws; there was the frightening roar of lions that made me run away.
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