Trial and Error: The Autobiography of Chaim Weizmann.

Weizmann, Chaim

Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1949

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Signed limited first edition, one of only 500 copies signed by Chaim Weizmann, this is number 255. Octavo, 2 volumes, frontispiece of Weizmann in volume one. Fine in good dust jackets. With the original sales slip from 1949 laid in. Uncommon in the original dust jackets. "Endowed with diplomatic gifts of the first order," Weizmann, a Russian-born chemist, was perhaps the most important figure in the history of Zionism (DNB). Weizmann was a Zionist leader and Israeli statesman who served as President of the Zionist Organization and later as the first President of Israel. He was elected on 16 February 1949, and served until his death in 1952. Weizmann convinced the United States government to recognize the newly formed state of Israel. Weizmann was also a biochemist who developed the acetoneâ "butanolâ "ethanol fermentation process, which produces acetone through bacterial fermentation. His acetone production method was of great importance for the British war industry during World War I. He founded the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel and was instrumental in the establishment of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Seller Inventory # 134759

Bibliographic Details

Title: Trial and Error: The Autobiography of Chaim ...

Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York

Publication Date: 1949

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition