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A scientific road not taken
As told by Robert S. Langer

My career has not been straightforward. In a way, I followed Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken.” Although I am a chemical engineer and I’m proud of that, I took a path from chemical engineering to nanotechnology to biology and medicine. This was very unusual many decades ago. In so doing, I met with rejection and ridicule early in my career. However, by going down that path I was able to make discoveries that I hope have saved and improved lives and I’ve been able to train a great number of people who are going down the road I began traveling over 50 years ago.

My early years
I was born on August 29th, 1948 at Albany Medical Center and grew up in Albany, New York. My father, Robert, ran a small liquor store. He worked very hard. But when he came home, he would play math games with me. My mother, Mary, was a homemaker. She took care of my sister, Kathy, and I. My mother worried a lot, but she was one of the nicest people you could ever meet. I hope some of that rubbed off on me.

Among the gifts my parents got me when I was between the ages of 10 and 13 were Erector, Microscope, and Chemistry sets. I loved these sets. I would make robots and rocket launchers with the Erector set, watch shrimp hatch with the

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During Second World War, young Arnold Langer makes a brave decision. If he comes home safely from the frontline, he will start his own company. But in 1945, his parental home in Berlin is in ruins and the future is uncertain. His fiancée Waltraud is waiting for him, she studied chemistry just like he did. After the war they marry and Arnold founds Kryolan with a partner. The cosmetics company is now over 70 years old and has conquered the theaters and film sets all over the world with its products. During Berlin’s division in the center of the Cold War, Arnold Langer has to fight against a thousand obstacles. When the Wall is built in 1961, he succeeds in taking over the biggest competitor. From then on things steadily get better. In the seventies, his son Wolfram opens the door to the important US market and thus to Hollywood. Together with his wife Malgorzata, he founded subsidiaries in Poland and India and acquired representations all over the world. Their two sons are in the management and their wives support them in marketing and make-up application. A success story about three generations that began with Arnold Langer's vision. He is now 96 and can look back on a remarkable life with his wife at his side.

Author: Rolf Pflücke

Details: 264 pages, English
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