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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hargittai, István
Otros Autores: Hargittai, Magdolna
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : River Edge, NJ : Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub., ©2000.
Temas:
1900-1999
Chemists > Biography.
Chemists > Interviews.
Chemistry > History > 20th century.
Discoveries in science > History > 20th century.
Chimistes > Entretiens.
Chimie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Découvertes scientifiques > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
Chemistry.
Chemists.
Discoveries in science.
Chemie.
Biographies.
History.
Interviews.
Interviews (vorm)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 516 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1860943837
9781860943836
128186627X
9781281866271

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