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Robert Burns Woodward was the star of 20th-century organic chemistry. An MIT graduate by age 19, Woodward's ingenious notions about organic synthesis and his artful methodology were astounding. He is most famed for his synthesis of vitamin B12,which he undertook with Albert Eschenmoser, and for the orbital symmetry rules he developed with Roald Hoffmann. This volume presents Woodward's most celebrated papers and lectures--including the famous Cope lecture. Insightful commentaries and rarely seen photographs are also included. ... Read more

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Portrait of a legend
Nobel Prize winner Robert Burns Woodward (called 'R B' by his colleagues and students) was the greatest organic chemist of the twentieth century, a legend in his own lifetime. By the time he entered high school, he had already digested college chemistry, and his professors at MIT realised they had an exceptional person in their classes. Before he was 25, Woodward became an instructor at Harvard, and before he was 35, became a full professor. Woodward won a Nobel Prize, and would have almost certainly won another one if it were not for his untimely death. Without him, organic chemistry may have been quite different today. Even in the exalted world of Harvard faculty, he stood out as being exceptional.
Woodward was an unparalleled master in the synthesis of complex organic molecules, of the kind that have given rise to many of the necessities of modern life, including plastics and pharmaceuticals. But he looked at them as much more than practically useful entities; he synthesized them the way a Michelangelo would sculpt a David, or the way a Mozart would tie together a symphony. For him organic molecules were great architectures, and he was the greatest architect and artist in the world of molecules, whose achievements probably will never be paralleled. More than anyone else, he elevated their synthesis to the stature of an art.
This book is a testament to his astonishing skills and achievements. It contains facsimilies of all his important papers, transcripts of interviews and speeches, and rare photos of the man not seen elsewhere. These items are enlivened with rare reproductions of his handwritten notes. The interviews feature many of his colleagues and students who worked with him. They talk about his singular habits, his prodigious energy, unbelievable memory, and an attention to detail that would leave fellow chemists with their mouths wide open. For chemists, it will provide a window into the mind of a genius, who achieved feats that those before him had thought impossible. For non-chemists, the non-chemical parts of the book will give an insight into what kind of a man and scientist he was, the Einstein of his field. It should be on the shelves of every chemist who wants to know about the best that his field can produce. I am glad that a book of this quality and size is available at a reasonable price.

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this book is jam-packed with primary sources concerning the life and works of r.b. woodward: journal articles, unpublished speeches, photographs of the man, drafts of his papers bearing hand-written corrections.it also includes some commentary from colleagues and family.an excellent resource for anyone interested in the history and process of organic chemical (and scientific, in general) research. ... Read more

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“Chemistry: Foundations and Application” is an accessible four-volume set that covers chemistry’s laws, processes, applications and sub-disciplines, reviews the history of the field, including modern research and practical applications, and includes biographies of scientists past and present. Varied topics that examine and explain chemistry's many branches, including inorganic, industrial, atmospheric and computational chemistry, and biotechnology allow students and general-interest readers alike to explore the myriad ways in which chemistry plays an important role in daily life.

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This is the companion book to the former CHF traveling exhibit by the same name. This multifaceted portrait of an extraordinary human being, teacher, and consummate organic chemist should inspire more young persons to pursue scientific careers, provide chemists with deep insight into the creative mind of a 'legendary architect of molecules,' and enhance the public's understanding of chemistry and its research methods. - Journal of Chemical Education. ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Friedrich August Kekulé Von Stradonitz, Vladimir Markovnikov, Samuel Conway, Heinz Falk, Robert Burns Woodward, Robert Gilbert, Hermann Emil Fischer, Derek Lowe, Donald J. Cram, Elias James Corey, John E. Franz, Vladimir Prelog, Leopold Ružička, George Rosenkranz, Klaus Schmiegel, Friedrich Oskar Giesel, Christopher Kelk Ingold, Adolf Von Baeyer, Bertram Fraser-Reid, Kathryn Uhrich, Richard Willstätter, Charles Loring Jackson, Derek Barton, Robert Robinson, Georg Wittig, Victor Grignard, K. C. Nicolaou, Endre Berner, Hans Fischer, Alexander Crum Brown, Steven Zimmerman, Karl Schlögl, Jeehiun Lee, Rainer Ludwig Claisen, Andrew Norman Meldrum, Karl Barry Sharpless, Kurt Alder, Arthur Birch, François Diederich, Ivar Karl Ugi, Otto Diels, Norbert Bischofberger, Thomas Anderson, Richard F. Heck, Jan Hamer, Mark S. Workentin, Melvin Spencer Newman, Leiv Kristen Sydnes, David Macmillan, Julius Bredt, Jonathan Clayden, Hisashi Yamamoto, Homer Burton Adkins, Ernest L. Eliel, Manuel Ballester, Fritz Hofmann, Gunnar Aksnes, Neil E. Schore, Jerry March. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Samuel C. Conway (born June 4, 1965 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) is an American researcher in the pharmaceutical, biomedical and agrochemical fields of organic chemistry. He has a Ph.D. in chemistry from Dartmouth College. Outside the scientific community, Conway is better known as Uncle Kage (pronounced ) and is chairman and chief organizer of Anthrocon, the largest furry convention in the world. He is also a volunteer entertainer, auctioneer and a published author. A graduate of Ursinus College, Pennsylvania in 1986, Conway subsequently studied at the Burke Chemical Laboratories of Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1991. His thesis concerned the...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6728747 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Science and Its Times, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 623 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of humanities and social science in this interdisciplinary reference work. Essays on people, theories, discoveries, and concepts are combined with overviews, bibliographies of primary documents, and chronological elements to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life. Entries represent people and developments throughout the world, from about 2000 B.C. through the end of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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Chapters: T. S. Eliot, Robert Burns Woodward, Junot Díaz, John Ashbery, Azim Premji, Amasa Holcomb, Orange Judd, Louis E. Martin, Isaac Goodnow, Oddfellows Playhouse, Royal Cortissoz, Nathan Daboll, Barbara Ras, William R. Moses, Fremont Rider, Mariam Mcglone, Stephen Olin, William Callyhan Robinson, Joseph Cummings, Frank B. Weeks. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 159. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965) was an American-born English poet, playwright, and literary critic, arguably the most important English-language poet of the 20th century. The poem that made his name, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock-started in 1910 and published in Chicago in 1915-is regarded as a masterpiece of the modernist movement, and was followed by some of the best-known poems in the English language, including Gerontion (1920), The Waste Land (1922), The Hollow Men (1925), Ash Wednesday (1930), and Four Quartets (1945). He is also known for his seven plays, particularly Murder in the Cathedral (1935). He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, and educated at Harvard, Eliot studied philosophy at the Sorbonne for a year, then won a scholarship to Oxford in 1914, becoming a British citizen when he was 39. "y poetry has obviously more in common with my distinguished contemporaries in America than with anything written in my generation in England," he said of his nationality and its role in his work. "It wouldn't be what it is, and I imagine it wouldn't be so good ... if I'd been born in England, and it wouldn't be what it is if I'd stayed in America. It's a combination of things. But in its sources, in its emotional springs, it comes from America." Eliot was born into the Eliot family, originally from New...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4086309 ... Read more

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R.B. Woodward, Professor of Science at Harvard University, who died in July 1979, was generally considered to be the greatest organic chemist of modern times. He was one of the founders of Tetrahedron and Tetrahedron Letters and this volume, containing papers from over 50 of the world's leading organic chemists, is dedicated to his memory. The contents cover all areas of modern organic chemistry and therefore present a synopsis of current research in this area of science. ... Read more

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