Primo Levi's memoir of his Jewish family, life as a Jew, and being a chemist.
"Nobel Laureate Martin Karplus was eight when his family fled Nazi-occupied Austria via Switzerland and France for the United States. He would later credit his life as a refugee as a decisive influence on his world view and approach to science. Spinach on the Ceiling is an autob…
My ancestors -- Childhood years in Europe -- Final days in Europe -- A new life in America -- Beginning of scientific interests -- College years -- Graduate school -- Postdoctoral sojourn in Oxford and Europe -- University of Illinois : NMR and coupling constants -- Move to Colu…
"The autobiography of Martin Karplus, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2013, describes the journey from his childhood in Vienna, his escape to Switzerland in 1938 shortly after Hitler's entrance into Austria, his education in New England and California, and scientific career which took…
"The autobiography of Martin Karplus, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2013, describes the journey from his childhood in Vienna, his escape to Switzerland in 1938 shortly after Hitler's entrance into Austria, his education in New England and California, and scientific career which took…
Joseph Priestley, scientist, theologian, and metaphysician: a symposium celebrating the two hundredth anniver…
by Joseph Priestley Symposium, Wilkes-Barre, Pa), Hiebert, Erwin N., Ihde, Aaron J., (Aaron John), Schofield, Robert E., Kieft, Lester, Willeford, Bennett R., American Chemical Society
Joseph Priestley, scientist, theologian, and metaphysician: a symposium celebrating the two hundredth anniver…
by Joseph Priestley Symposium, Wilkes-Barre, Pa), Hiebert, Erwin N., Ihde, Aaron J., (Aaron John), Schofield, Robert E., Kieft, Lester, Willeford, Bennett R., American Chemical Society
Joseph Priestley, scientist, theologian, and metaphysician: a symposium celebrating the two hundredth anniver…
by Joseph Priestley Symposium, Wilkes-Barre, Pa), Cohen, Seymour S., (Seymour Stanley), Hiebert, Erwin N., Ihde, Aaron J., (Aaron John), Schofield, Robert E., Kieft, Lester, Willeford, Bennett R., American Chemical Society
Chemistry: the people behind the science
Profiles the lives and accomplishments of ten people who made some of the most progressive steps in the field of chemistry, including John Dalton, Gerty Cori, Irving Langmuir, and Linus Pauling.
Chemistry: the people behind the science