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"Sono ventuno gli elementi chimici che danno il titolo ai racconti di questo libro, e ventuno i capitoli di un autobiografia che per affinità e accostamenti corre sul filo di una storia personale e collettiva, affondando le radici nell'oscura qualità della materia, raccontando l…
One of Italy's leading men of letters, a chemist by profession, writes about incidents in his life in which one or another of the elements figured in such a way as to become a personal preoccupation.
More than fifty well-known chemists present themselves, their research and their favorite dish, faithful to the Lichtenberg motto "He who knows nothing but chemistry does not know chemistry either". The leading organic chemists are represented, giving a list of the top names in …
"Mystic Chemist begins at the start of the twentieth century, in the Swiss town of Basel which is evolving from a popular health spa into a major industrial city. The story concludes more than a century later, after celebrating Albert Hofmann's 100th birthday. It tells the uniqu…