Karl Zimmer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 July 1911 |
| Died | 29 February 1988 (aged 76) West Germany (present day, Germany) |
| Nationality | German |
| Siglum | K. G. Zimmer |
| Citizenship |  Germany |
| 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) |
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]
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]
- ^ Bibliographies of Interest to the Atomic Energy Program. 1962. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
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- ^ Ings, Simon (21 February 2017). Stalin and the Scientists: A History of Triumph and Tragedy, 1905–1953. Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. ISBN 978-0-8021-8986-8. Retrieved 13 May 2024.