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The life and scientific legacy of George Porter [electronic resource]

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Sir George Porter (Lord Porter of Luddenham) was one of the most highly regarded and well known scientists in Britain. He was appointed Director of the Royal Institution in 1966, awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967, and was the only Director of the Royal Institution to later become President of the Royal Society (1985-1990). Porter had a marvellous gift for communicating his infectious enthusiasm for science, and as President of the Royal Society, he worked hard to improve the status of science, and employed his communication skills ably in the defence of British science under attack f

Title The life and scientific legacy of George Porter [electronic resource] / editors, David Phillips, James Barber.
Publisher London : Imperial College Press
Creation Date c2006
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
English
Content CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Preface
The Biography of George Porter
The Porter Medal
Awards and Appointments
Lectures and Programmes
Articles by Porter
Contribution from Graham Fleming
""Flash Photolysis and Spectroscopy: A New Method for the Study of Free Radical Reactions"" The mechanism of energy transfer in the antenna of photosynthetic purple bacteria
Contribution from Brian Thrush
""Flash Photolysis and Spectroscopy: A New Method for the Study of Free Radical Reactions"" The homogeneity of explosions initiated by Hash photolysis
Contribution from Ahmed Zewail
""Flash Photolysis and Spectroscopy: A New Method for the Study of Free Radical Reactions""
Freezing Atoms in Motion: Principles of Femtochemistry and Demonstration by Laser Stroboscopy Contribution from Harry Kroto and Barry Ward
""The High Resolution Absorption Spectroscopy of Aromatic Free Radicals""
Space Stars C60 and Soot
Contribution from F. Sherwood Rowland
""Studies of Free Radical Activity by the Methods of Flash Photolysis. The Reaction Between Chlorine and Oxygen"" Chlorofluoromethanes in the Environment
Contribution from Frank Wilkinson
""Energy Transfer from the Triplet State""
Diffuse Reflectance Triplet-Triplet Absorption Spectroscopy of Aromatic Hydrocarbons Chemisorbed on y-Alumina
Extent 1 online resource (654 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010710657505171
MARC RECORDS
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