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Title Paul John Flory : a life of science and friends / Gary D. Patterson, James E. Mark, Joel R. Fried, Do Yeung Yoon
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press LLC, 2015
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Contents Paul John flory : a life of science and friends -- History of the Flory family -- Flory at Manchester College (now University) -- Flory at Ohio State University -- Flory at Dupont 1934-1938 -- Flory at the University of Cincinnati 1938-1940 -- Flory at Esso 1940-1943 -- Flory at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company 1943-1948 -- Flory at Cornell University 1948-1956 -- Flory at the Victoria University of Manchester -- Flory at Mellon Institute -- Flory at Stanford : 1961-1985 -- Flory at Stanford : after the Nobel Prize -- Emily Catherine (Tabor) Flory : ultimate partner -- Friends of Flory -- Honors and awards -- Paul John Flory : humanitarian -- Paul John Flory : scientist -- Paul John Flory : friend
Summary Paul John Flory: A Life of Science and Friends is the first full-length treatment of the life and work of Paul John Flory, recipient of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1974. It presents a chronological progression of his scientific, professional, and personal achievements as recounted and written by his former students and colleagues. This book covers the span of Flory's life, including a family history and reflections on the marks he left on the lives of various individuals within the scientific community. He played a major role in the consolidation of the macromolecular paradigm in chemistry
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Subject Flory, Paul J.
SUBJECT Flory, Paul J. fast
Subject Chemists -- United States -- Biography
Nobel Prize winners -- United States -- Biography
SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- General.
Chemists
Nobel Prize winners
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
Author Patterson, Gary D. (Gary David), 1946-
Mark, James E., 1934-
Fried, Joel R.
Yoon, D. Y.
ISBN 9781466595774
1466595779