Print...has a lacquered outer surface of about 260 square metres.
...was worked on by more than 100 people from planning through to production and construction.
...was conceived by young artists in association with Bayer AG.
...is made of the innovative material Neopor®, developed by BASF AG as the insulating material of the future. The discovery of Neopor® made possible the construction of the energy-saving “three-litre house”.
...is coated with a new type of three-layer metal lacquer developed by BASF Coatings AG in Münster.
...was built in Fulda by EDAG, a company specialising in the field of engineering and design.
Facts and figures
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Constructing the sculpture "Milestones of Medicine" |
Did you know that …
... aspirin was included in the Guinness Book of Records in 1950 as the most-sold pain reliever? (Source: Guinness Book of Records, 1950)
... Neil Armstrong had aspirin on board his 1969 flight to the moon? The medicine was contained in the 12x12x20 cm medical kit and was intended for combating the headaches and muscle pain that frequently result from long periods spent in space.
(Source: reports, Facts&Files, Think History! 2006)
... on the 11 July 2005 the 25 billionth tablet was manufactured in Bitterfeld?
... Neil Armstrong had aspirin on board his 1969 flight to the moon? The medicine was contained in the 12x12x20 cm medical kit and was intended for combating the headaches and muscle pain that frequently result from long periods spent in space.
(Source: reports, Facts&Files, Think History! 2006)
... on the 11 July 2005 the 25 billionth tablet was manufactured in Bitterfeld?
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Bayer’s production site in Bitterfeld, Germany – one of its most modern facilities – provides ideal conditions for assuring the quality of Aspirin tablets. In October 2002, the site celebrated the 10th anniversary of its founding. Bayer has already invested over 500 million at this location, creating 652 jobs. Photo: Bayer AG |
... in 1754 at the University of Halle (Saale) Dorothea Christiane Erxleben qualified as Germany’s first woman doctor of medicine? (Source: Faculty of Medicine, Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg)
... the world’s first baby clinic was founded in Dresden in 1894? (The Glass World of Hygiene in Dresden – Museum, in: Welt am Sonntag 13. 02. 2005)
... the C–Leg, the first fully microprocessor-controlled knee-joint, has been making it easier to play golf since 1997? (Source: “German stars, 50 innovations everyone should know”, Partner for Innovation, 2005)
... intensive research is being undertaken in Germany on a contraceptive for use by men? It is to comprise a combination of a gestagen implant with a testosterone injection. (Source: reports, Facts&Files, Think History! 2006)
...it could soon be possible to administer insulin in an inhalable powder? (Source: http://www.vfa.de/)
... the world’s first baby clinic was founded in Dresden in 1894? (The Glass World of Hygiene in Dresden – Museum, in: Welt am Sonntag 13. 02. 2005)
... the C–Leg, the first fully microprocessor-controlled knee-joint, has been making it easier to play golf since 1997? (Source: “German stars, 50 innovations everyone should know”, Partner for Innovation, 2005)
... intensive research is being undertaken in Germany on a contraceptive for use by men? It is to comprise a combination of a gestagen implant with a testosterone injection. (Source: reports, Facts&Files, Think History! 2006)
...it could soon be possible to administer insulin in an inhalable powder? (Source: http://www.vfa.de/)
Quotations
“The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.”
Albert Einstein (Source: http://www.pro-physik.de)
“Aspirin will be used as a standard remedy for all eternity.”
Dr. Charles Berry (medic for America’s NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, when, in 1969, he stocked the on-board medical kit for the “Apollo 11” lunar module with Bayer aspirin.)
“Everything we know about non-living and living matter – from the structure of the atom to natural crystals and technical materials, through to the gene and the chromosome – X-rays have taught us to see.”
Walter Gerlach, physicist (Source: Harenberg Lexicon of Nobel Prize Winners, 1998, p. 22)
“Thus not only physical science honours Röntgen as the immortal master, but the whole world honours him as its benefactor.”
(Prussian Academy of Science, 1919 (Source: Dietrich von Engelhardt/Fritz Hartmann, ed.: Classics of Medicine, Vol. 2. Munich 1991, p. 283)
Albert Einstein (Source: http://www.pro-physik.de)
“Aspirin will be used as a standard remedy for all eternity.”
Dr. Charles Berry (medic for America’s NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, when, in 1969, he stocked the on-board medical kit for the “Apollo 11” lunar module with Bayer aspirin.)
“Everything we know about non-living and living matter – from the structure of the atom to natural crystals and technical materials, through to the gene and the chromosome – X-rays have taught us to see.”
Walter Gerlach, physicist (Source: Harenberg Lexicon of Nobel Prize Winners, 1998, p. 22)
“Thus not only physical science honours Röntgen as the immortal master, but the whole world honours him as its benefactor.”
(Prussian Academy of Science, 1919 (Source: Dietrich von Engelhardt/Fritz Hartmann, ed.: Classics of Medicine, Vol. 2. Munich 1991, p. 283)
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