Editing Justus von Liebig (section)

== Major works ==
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Liebig founded the journal ''[[Liebigs Annalen|Annalen der Chemie]]'', which he edited from 1832. Originally titled ''Annalen der Pharmacie'', it became ''Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie'' to more accurately reflect its content.<ref name=RoyalSocietyObit/> It became the leading journal of organic chemistry,<ref name=Gratzer>{{cite book|last1=Gratzer|first1=Walter|title=Terrors of the table the curious history of nutrition|date=2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=0199205639|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W2g8vHsjpjwC&pg=PT90|access-date=12 November 2014}}</ref> and still exists, albeit under the name ''[[European Journal of Organic Chemistry]]'' after several mergers with other journals.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Engberts |first1=Jan B. F. N. |last2=Hafner |first2=Klaus |last3=Hopf |first3=Henning |date=20 September 1997 |editor-last=Temme |editor-first=Robert |title=What is going to become of ''Chemische Berichte/Recueil'' and ''Liebigs Annalen/Recueil''? |url=https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/22433/1/Liebigs%20Annalen%20-%20September%2022%20%201997%20-%20%20-%20Editorial.pdf |website=Jahrgang}}</ref> The volumes from his lifetime are often referenced just as ''Liebigs Annalen''; following his death the title was officially changed to ''Justus Liebig's Annalen der Chemie''.<ref name=Leicester>{{cite book|last1=Leicester|first1=Henry Marshall|title=The historical background of chemistry|date=1971|publisher=Dover Publications|location=New York|isbn=0486610535|page=214|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aJZVQnqcwv4C&pg=PA214|access-date=12 November 2014}}</ref>

Liebig published widely in ''Liebigs Annalen'' and elsewhere, in newspapers and journals.<ref name=Hyle>{{cite journal|last1=Blondel-Mégrelis|first1=Marika|title=Liebig or How to Popularize Chemistry|journal=Hyle: International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry|year=2007|volume=13|issue=1|pages=43–54|url=http://www.hyle.org/journal/issues/13-1/blondel.pdf|access-date=17 November 2014}}</ref> Most of his books were published concurrently in both German and English, and many were translated into other languages, as well. Some of his most influential titles include:
* ''Ueber das Studium der Naturwissenschaften und über den Zustand der Chemie in Preußen'' (1840) Digital edition by the [[University and State Library Düsseldorf]]
* ''Die organische Chemie in ihrer Anwendung auf Agricultur und Physiologie''; in English, ''Organic Chemistry in its Application to Agriculture and Physiology'' (1840)
* ''Chimie organique appliquée à la physiologie animale et à la pathologie''; in English, '' Animal chemistry, or, Organic chemistry in its applications to physiology and pathology'' (1842)
* ''Familiar letters on chemistry and its relation to commerce, physiology and agriculture'' (1843)
* ''Chemische Briefe'' (1844) Digital edition (1865) by the [[University and State Library Düsseldorf]]

In addition to books and articles, he wrote thousands of letters, most of them to other scientists.<ref name=Brock/>{{rp|273}}

Liebig also directly influenced the German publication of [[John Stuart Mill]]'s ''Logic.'' Liebig had a close friendship with the Vieweg family publishing house. He arranged for his former student [[Jacob Schiel]] (1813–1889) to translate Mill's important work for German publication. Liebig liked Mill's ''Logic'' in part because it promoted science as a means to social and political progress, but also because Mill featured several examples of Liebig's research as an ideal for the scientific method. In this way, he sought to reform politics in the German states.<ref name=Brock/>{{rp|298–299}}<ref name=Schmidgen>{{cite journal|last1=Schmidgen|first1=H.|title=Wundt as chemist? A fresh look at his practice and theory of experimentation|journal=American Journal of Psychology|year=2003 |volume=116|issue=3|pages=469–476|doi=10.2307/1423504|pmid=14503396|jstor=1423504}}</ref>