Candid science conversations with famous chemists
In this book, 36 famous chemists, including 18 Nobel laureates, tell 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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Imperial College Press
2000
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Add Tag | Summary: | In this book, 36 famous chemists, including 18 Nobel laureates, tell 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. NMR spectroscopy, computational chemistry, the drama of buckminsterfullerene, the story of the Pill, the politics of atmospheric chemistry and the resonance theory, the beginnings of molecular mechanics and modern stereochemistry are examples of the topics discussed first-hand by, in all likelihood, the most appropriate persons |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 516 pages illustrations, portraits 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9781860941511 1860941516 9781860942280 1860942288 |
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