Candid Science Iii: More Conversations With Famous Chemists

by Istvan Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai

Overview

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 crystallography, the reaction mechanism and kinetics, electron transfer in small and large systems, non-equilibrium systems, oscillating reactions, atmospheric chemistry, chirality, and the history of chemistry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781860943379
Publisher:	Imperial College Press
Publication date:	03/24/2003
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	6.58(w) x 9.74(h) x 0.85(d)