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" Candid science III : "
István Hargittai ; edited by Magdolna Hargittai.
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993584
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b747954
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Hargittai, István.
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Candid science III : : more conversations with famous chemists /\ István Hargittai ; edited by Magdolna Hargittai.
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London :: Imperial College Press ;River Edge, NJ :: Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.,, ©2003.
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1 online resource (x, 507 pages) :: illustrations
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1281865958
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: 1848161344
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: 1860943365
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: 1860943373
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: 6611865950
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: 9781281865953
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: 9781848161344
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: 9781860943362
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: 9781860943379
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: 9786611865955
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1860943365
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1860943373
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Glenn T. Seaborg -- William N. Lipscomb -- Neil Bartlett -- Ronald J. Gillespie -- Lawrence S. Bartell -- Paul von Ragué Schleyer -- Albert Eschenmoser -- Gilbert Stork -- Endre A. Balazs -- Alfred Bader -- Jacquelin K. Barton -- Ad Bax -- Donald J. Cram -- Jean-Marie Lehn -- Bruce Merrifield -- Árpád Furka -- Guy Ourisson -- Mildred Cohn -- Paul D. Boyer -- John E. Walker -- Herbert A. Hauptman -- Jack D. Dunitz -- Hartmut Michel -- Johann Deisenhofer -- Robert Huber -- Manfred Eigen -- John C. Polanyi -- Dudley R. Herschbach -- Henry Taube -- Rudolph A. Marcus -- Ilya Prigogine --Anatol M. Zhabotinsky -- Richard N. Zare -- Paul J. Crutzen -- Reiko Kuroda -- Stephen Mason.
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| Abstract
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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 crysta.
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Chemistry-- History-- 20th century.
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Chemists, Biography.
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Chemists, Interviews.
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Scientists, Interviews.
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Chimie-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
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Chimistes, Biographies.
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Chimistes, Entretiens.
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Scientifiques, Entretiens.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Science Technology.
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Chemistry.
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Chemists.
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SCIENCE-- Chemistry-- General.
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Scientists.
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| Dewey Classification
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540.922
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QD21.H295 2003eb
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Hargittai, Magdolna.
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| Parallel Title
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Candid science 3
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: Candid science three
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