In this volume 35 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.
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".. the editor has conducted his interviews with
sympathy and collected his material with care. " -- Nature, June 2000
"... this work constitutes a valuable historical document and is one that I feel should be read by every chemist." -- Chemistry in Britain, September 2000
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Istvan Hargittai, PhD, DSc (Budapest, Hungary), is the author of several acclaimed books including the six-volume Candid Science series of interviews with famous scientists; The Road to Stockholm: Nobel Prizes, Science, and Scientists; The Martians of Science: Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century; and The DNA Doctor: Candid Conversations with James D. Watson. Dr. Hargittai is professor of chemistry at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and head of the George A Olah PhD School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. He is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, a foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and a member of the Academia Europaea in London. His work on the Teller book was assisted by a generous grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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Dr. Hargittai has done a huge favor for modern scientists!,
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Hi, this is Joanne, a bioengineering instructor at the University of Illinois. I read science books and review them. [...] The is the first in a series of conversations that Dr. Hargittai has conducted with modern scientists. Nice, personal touch to all of the conversations. Helps scientists seem like real people. Excellent resource for years to come.
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New York, The Chemical Intelligencer, United States, University of Chicago, American Chemical Society, National Academy of Sciences, Linus Pauling, Buckminster Fuller, Carl Djerassi, Royal Society, World War, Erwin Chargaff, Rice University, Imperial College, Odd Hassel, Roald Hoffmann, Soviet Union, George Olah, Eiji Osawa, Los Angeles, Michael Dewar, University of California, Vladimir Prelog, George Porter, National Medal of Science New!
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- Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 6th Edition by F. Albert Cotton on page 231, and page 235
- Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Chemical Reactivity by Raphael D. Levine on page 504
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- The Road to Stockholm: Nobel Prizes, Science, and Scientists by Istvï¿1/2n Hargittai on 41 pages
- Candid Science V: Conversations with Famous Scientists (Pt. 5) by Balazs Hargittai on 16 pages
- Candid Science II: Conversations with Famous Biomedical Scientists (Pt.2) by Istvan Hargittai on 10 pages
- Candid Science IV: Conversations With Famous Physicists (Pt.4) by Magdolna Hargittai on 9 pages
- Candid Science III: More Converstations With Famous Chemists (Pt. 3) by Istvan Hargittai on 9 pages
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