Karl Zimmer
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For the science writer, see Carl Zimmer.
Karl Günter Zimmer (12 July 1911 – 29 February 1988) was a German nuclear chemist who is best known for his work in understanding the ionizing radiation on Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and did fundamental work on radiation biology.: 209 [1]
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Karl Zimmer | |
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Born | (1911-07-12)12 July 1911 |
Died | 29 February 1988(1988-02-29) (aged 76) West Germany (present day, Germany) |
Nationality | German |
Siglum | K. G. Zimmer |
Citizenship | ![]() |
Known for | Radiobiology Soviet program of nuclear weapons |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Nuclear chemistry |
Institutions | Auergesellschaft AG Kaiser Wilhelm Society Plant No. 12 in Elektrostal Karlsruhe Research Center |
Thesis | On the topics in Photochemistry (varies) (1939) |
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In 1935, he published the major work, Über die Natur der Genmutation und der Genstruktur, with Timofeev-Resovskij, and Max Delbrück; it was considered to be a major advance in understanding the nature of gene mutation and gene structure.[2][3]
From 1945–1955, Zimmer was one of many German nuclear scientists in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons but left Russia to eventually settle in Germany.[4]