Candid science III [electronic resource]
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In this invaluable book, 36 famous chemists, including 18 Nobel laureates, tell the reader about their lives in science, the beginnings of their careers, their aspirations, and their hardships and triumphs. The reader will learn about their seminal discoveries, and the conversations in the book bring out the humanity of these great scientists. Highlighted in the stories are the discovery of new elements and compounds, the VSEPR model, computational chemistry, organic synthesis, natural products, polysaccharides, supramolecular chemistry, peptide synthesis, combinatorial chemistry, X-ray cryst
Title |
Candid science III [electronic resource] : more conversations with famous chemists / István Hargittai edited by Magdolna Hargittai. |
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Publisher |
London : Imperial College Press River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co. |
Creation Date |
c2003 |
Notes |
Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Content |
CONTENT Foreword Preface Glenn T. Seaborg William N. Lipscomb Neil Bartlett References Ronald J. Gillespie Lawrence S. Bartell Paul von Rague Schleyer Albert Eschenmoser English Translation of the Prelog Statement Gilbert Stork Endre A. Balazs Alfred Bader Jacquelin K. Barton Ad Bax Donald J. Cram Jean-Marie Lehn Bruce Merrifield Arpad Furka Guy Ourisson Mildred Cohn Paul D. Boyer John E. Walker Herbert A. Hauptman Jack D. Dunitz References Hartmut Michel Johann Deisenhofer Robert Huber Manfred Eigen John C. Polanyi Dudley R. Herschbach Henry Taube Rudolph A. Marcus Ilya Prigogine Anatol M. Zhabotinsky Richard N. Zare Paul J. Crutzen Reiko Kuroda Stephen Mason Index |
Extent |
1 online resource (519 p.) |
Language |
English |
National Library system number |
997010715602205171 |
MARC RECORDS
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