Title Candid science : conversations with famous chemists / István Hargittai ; edited by Magdolna Hargittai

Published London : Imperial College Press ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 516 pages) : illustrations, portraits Contents Linus Pauling -- Great Soviet resonance controversy -- Erwin Chargaff -- Quotable Chargaff -- Frank H. Westheimer -- Gertrude B. Elion -- Carl Djerassi -- Paul J. Scheuer -- Ayhan Ulubelen -- John W. Cornforth -- Quotable Cornforth -- Vladimir Prelog -- Derek H.R. Barton -- Odd Hassel -- Michael J.S. Dewar -- John A. Pople -- Roald Hoffmann -- Kenichi Fukui -- Milton Orchin -- F. Albert Cotton -- The Beginnings of multiple metal-metal bonds -- Herbert C. Brown -- George A. Olah -- John D. Roberts -- Richard R. Ernst -- Eiji Osawa -- Elena G. Galpern and Ivan V. Stakevich -- Harold W. Kroto -- The Fuller connection -- Richard E. Smalley -- Robert F. Curl -- Wofgang Krt̃schmer -- Robert L. Whetten -- Philip E. Eaton -- R. Stephen Berry -- What turned you to chemistry? -- Kenneth S. Pitzer -- F. Sherwood Rowland -- Nikolai N. Semenov -- George Porter -- Ahmed H. Zewail -- Name index 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-han Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Chemists -- Biography. Chemists -- Interviews Chemistry -- History -- 20th century Discoveries in science -- History -- 20th century SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- General. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology. Chemistry Chemists Discoveries in science Chemie. Genre/Form Biographies History Interviews Interviews (vorm) Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Hargittai, Magdolna ISBN 1860943837 9781860943836 128186627X 9781281866271

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