Life of Magic Chemistry
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Life of Magic Chemistry
Autobiographical Reflections of a Nobel Prize Winner
Olah, George A.
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
12/2000
296
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Inglês
9780471157434
0471157430
15 a 20 dias
620
This is the autobiography of George Olah, a revolutionary whose impact on science is felt even today. His research into superacids yielded the term "magic acids". Olah guides the reader through his long and remarkable journey from growing up in Hungary to winning the Noble Prize in chemistry.
Preface; Introduction; Perspectives on Science; Chemistry: The Multifaceted Central Science; Growing up in Hungary and Turning to Chemistry; Early Research and Teaching: Departing the Shadow of Emil Fischer; Move to North America: Industrial Experience While Pursuing the Elusive Cations of Carbon; Return to Academia The Cleveland Years: Carbocations, Magic Acid, and Superacid Chemistry; Moving to Los Angeles: Building the Loker Institute Hydrocarbons and Hydrocarbon Research; Every Scientist Needs Good Enemies : The Nonclassical Ion Controversy and Its Significance; From Kekul 's Four-Valent Carbon to Five- and Higher-Coordinate Hypercarbon Chemistry; The Nobel Prize: Learning to Live with It and Not Rest on Laurels; Post-Nobel Years: From Superacids to Superelectrophiles; Societal and Environmental Challenges of Hydrocarbons: Direct Methane Conversion, Methanol Fuel Cell, and Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide; Gone My Way; Appendix: My Previous Books for References and Additional Reading; Index.
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This is the autobiography of George Olah, a revolutionary whose impact on science is felt even today. His research into superacids yielded the term "magic acids". Olah guides the reader through his long and remarkable journey from growing up in Hungary to winning the Noble Prize in chemistry.
Preface; Introduction; Perspectives on Science; Chemistry: The Multifaceted Central Science; Growing up in Hungary and Turning to Chemistry; Early Research and Teaching: Departing the Shadow of Emil Fischer; Move to North America: Industrial Experience While Pursuing the Elusive Cations of Carbon; Return to Academia The Cleveland Years: Carbocations, Magic Acid, and Superacid Chemistry; Moving to Los Angeles: Building the Loker Institute Hydrocarbons and Hydrocarbon Research; Every Scientist Needs Good Enemies : The Nonclassical Ion Controversy and Its Significance; From Kekul 's Four-Valent Carbon to Five- and Higher-Coordinate Hypercarbon Chemistry; The Nobel Prize: Learning to Live with It and Not Rest on Laurels; Post-Nobel Years: From Superacids to Superelectrophiles; Societal and Environmental Challenges of Hydrocarbons: Direct Methane Conversion, Methanol Fuel Cell, and Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide; Gone My Way; Appendix: My Previous Books for References and Additional Reading; Index.
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