Candid science : conversations with famous chemists /

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Author / Creator:	Hargittai, István.
Imprint:	London : Imperial College Press ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., ©2000.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 516 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Language:	English
Subject:	Chemists -- Biography. Chemists -- Interviews. Chemistry -- History -- 20th century. Discoveries in science -- History -- 20th century. Chemistry. Chemists. Discoveries in science. Electronic books. Biographies. History. Interviews.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11125876

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Other authors / contributors:	Hargittai, Magdolna.
ISBN:	1860943837 9781860943836 128186627X 9781281866271 1860942288 9781860942280 1860941516 9781860941511
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Hargittai, István. Candid science. London : Imperial College Press ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., ©2000 1860941516

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