Alum William D. Brewer, BA Chemistry 1965, shares that since his last update to UO Chemistry and Biochemistry news he has published two books, both scientific biographies: the first on the life of Brazilian physicist Jayme Tiomno: A Life for Science, a Life for Brazil (2020, with Alfredo Tolmasquim) and the second on mathematical genius Kurt Gödel: The Genius of Metamathematics (2022, German edition 2024).
Brewer currently works transcribing and translating Albert Einstein’s papers for the Einstein Papers Project, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.