Robert Burns Woodward : Architect and Artist in the World of
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (547 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0941901254 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 497 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This volume presents Woodward's most celebrated papers and lectures--including the famous Cope lecture. Insightful commentaries and rarely seen photographs are also included.. Robert Burns Woodward was the star of 20th-century organic chemistry. 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. An MIT graduate by age 19, Woodward's ingenious notions about organic synthesis and his artful methodology were astounding
Portrait of a legend Ash Jogalekar 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 h. historical chemistry A Customer this book is jam-packed with primary sources concerning the life and works of r.b. woodward: journal articles, unpublished speeches, photographs of the man, drafts of his papers bearing hand-written corrections.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.