Download or read book Modern Alchemy written by Glenn Theodore Seaborg and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his distinguished career spanning more than 50 years, Nobel laureate (Chemistry) Glenn T Seaborg published over 500 works. This volume puts together about 100 of his selected papers. The papers are divided into five categories. Category I consists of papers which detail the discovery of 10 transuranium elements and numerous heavy isotopes of special importance. Category II papers describe the discovery of a number of isotopes which became the workhorses of nuclear medicine or found other applications. Papers in Category III describe how the chemical properties of transuranium elements were originally determined, how chemistry is applied in nuclear sciences, and other chemical investigations, including early work done with the great chemist G N Lewis. Papers in Category IV cover radioactive decay chains and nuclear systematics. Lastly, papers in Category V illustrate how the powerful methods of chemistry are used to explain nuclear reactions in low, intermediate and high energy nuclear physics.

Download or read book Modern Alchemy Selected Papers Of Glenn T Seaborg written by Glenn T Seaborg and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994-05-20 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his distinguished career spanning more than 50 years, Nobel laureate (Chemistry) Glenn T Seaborg published over 500 works. This volume puts together about 100 of his selected papers. The papers are divided into five categories. Category I consists of papers which detail the discovery of 10 transuranium elements and numerous heavy isotopes of special importance. Category II papers describe the discovery of a number of isotopes which became the workhorses of nuclear medicine or found other applications. Papers in Category III describe how the chemical properties of transuranium elements were originally determined, how chemistry is applied in nuclear sciences, and other chemical investigations, including early work done with the great chemist G N Lewis. Papers in Category IV cover radioactive decay chains and nuclear systematics. Lastly, papers in Category V illustrate how the powerful methods of chemistry are used to explain nuclear reactions in low, intermediate and high energy nuclear physics.

Download or read book Modern Alchemy written by Mark Morrisson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alchemists are generally held to be the quirky forefathers of science, blending occultism with metaphysical pursuits. Although many were intelligent and well-intentioned thinkers, the oft-cited goals of alchemy paint these antiquated experiments as wizardry, not scientific investigation. Whether seeking to produce a miraculous panacea or struggling to transmute lead into gold, the alchemists radical goals held little relevance to consequent scientific pursuits. Thus, the temptation is to view the transition from alchemy to modern science as one that discarded fantastic ideas about philosophers stones and magic potions in exchange for modest yet steady results. It has been less noted, however, that the birth of atomic science actually coincided with an efflorescence of occultism and esoteric religion that attached deep significance to questions about the nature of matter and energy.Mark Morrisson challenges the widespread dismissal of alchemy as a largely insignificant historical footnote to science by prying into the revival of alchemy and its influence on the emerging subatomic sciences of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Morrisson demonstrates its surprising influence on the emerging subatomic sciences of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Specifically, Morrisson examines the resurfacing of occult circles during this time period and how their interest in alchemical tropes had a substantial and traceable impact upon the science of the day. Modern Alchemy chronicles several encounters between occult conceptions of alchemy and the new science, describing how academic chemists, inspired by the alchemy revival, attempted to transmute the elements; to make gold.Examining scientists publications, correspondence, talks, and laboratory notebooks as well as the writings of occultists, alchemical tomes, and science-fiction stories, he argues that during the birth of modern nuclear physics, the trajectories of science and occultism---so often considered antithetical---briefly merged.

Download or read book Across Conventional Lines Selected Papers Of George A Olah In 2 Volumes written by George A Olah and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2003-01-29 with total page 1503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the course of his distinguished career spanning about half a century, George A Olah, winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, has been exceedingly prolific and has published more than 1000 scientific papers and 15 books and holds more than 100 patents. This invaluable volume contains about 250 papers selected for their breadth and current importance.

Download or read book Oxidation Of Oxygen And Related Chemistry The Selected Papers Of Neil Bartlett written by Neil Bartlett and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001-10-26 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The selected papers in this invaluable volume are arranged in chapters, each with an introductory essay. The purpose of the arrangement is to illustrate the process of scientific discovery at work. Neil Bartlett's field is that of powerful oxidizers. The early chapters tell the story of the oxidation of the oxygen molecule and the discovery of xenon chemistry. His work in noble-gas chemistry is summarized. Succeeding chapters show how metastable fluorides such as AgF3 and NiF4 came to be prepared at ordinary temperatures and pressures, and how they have provided the most potent oxidizers and fluorinators ever prepared.

Download or read book Reason And Imagination Reflections On Research In Organic Chemistry Selected Papers Of Derek H R Barton written by Derek H R Barton and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1996-03-21 with total page 891 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the recognition of new principles in Organic Chemistry. It is also about the discovery and invention of Chemical Reactions. In addition, it deals with the determination of structure by chemical degradation during the epoch when physical methods were not well developed. Also presented are new reagents and new types of functional groups never seen in chemistry before. The overall aim of the collected papers is to show how thought can direct original research and to demonstrate how thought about old or new chemical facts can lead to originality. This is further illuminated by commentaries which Prof Barton has written to accompany these papers.

Download or read book Frontier Orbitals And Reaction Paths Selected Papers Of Kenichi Fukui written by Hiroshi Fujimoto and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1997-11-26 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of selected papers on the Frontier Orbital Theory by Nobel prizewinner Kenichi Fukui (Chemistry 1981), with introductory notes. It provides the basic concept and formulation of the theory, and the physical and chemical significance of the frontier orbital interactions in chemistry, together with many practical applications. The formulation of the Intrinsic Reaction Coordinate and applications to some simple systems are also presented. The aim of this volume is to show by what forces chemical reactions are driven and to demonstrate how the regio- and stereo-selectivities are determined in chemical reactions. Students and senior investigators will gain insight into the nature of chemical reactions and find out how quantum chemical calculations are connected with chemical intuition.

Download or read book Solid State Chemistry Selected Papers Of C N R Rao written by S K Joshi and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1995-02-28 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solid State Chemistry today is a frontier area of mainstream chemistry, and plays a vital role in the development of materials. The present work, consisting of a selection of Prof. C N R Rao's papers, covers most of the important aspects of solid state chemistry and provides the flavor of the subject, showing how the subject has evolved over the years. The book is up-to-date, and will be useful to students, teachers, beginning researchers and practitioners in solid state chemistry as well as in the broader area of materials science.

Download or read book Linus Pauling Selected Scientific Papers In 2 Volumes Volume 2 written by Barclay Kamb and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001-11-02 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linus Pauling wrote a stellar series of over 800 scientific papers spanning an amazing range of fields, some of which he himself initiated. This book is a selection of the most important of his writings in the fields of quantum mechanics, chemical bonding (covalent, ionic, metallic, and hydrogen bonding), molecular rotation and entropy, protein structure, hemoglobin, molecular disease, molecular evolution, the antibody mechanism, the molecular basis of anesthesia, orthomolecular medicine, radiation chemistry/biology, and nuclear structure. Through these papers the reader gets a fresh, unfiltered view of the genius of Pauling's many contributions to chemistry, chemical physics, molecular biology, and molecular medicine.

Download or read book Linus Pauling Selected Scientific Papers In 2 Volumes Volume 1 written by Barclay Kamb and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001-11-02 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linus Pauling wrote a stellar series of over 800 scientific papers spanning an amazing range of fields, some of which he himself initiated. This book is a selection of the most important of his writings in the fields of quantum mechanics, chemical bonding (covalent, ionic, metallic, and hydrogen bonding), molecular rotation and entropy, protein structure, hemoglobin, molecular disease, molecular evolution, the antibody mechanism, the molecular basis of anesthesia, orthomolecular medicine, radiation chemistry/biology, and nuclear structure. Through these papers the reader gets a fresh, unfiltered view of the genius of Pauling's many contributions to chemistry, chemical physics, molecular biology, and molecular medicine.

Download or read book Advances In Chemistry A Selection Of C N R Rao s Publications 1994 2003 written by C N R Rao and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2003-09-12 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable book comprises assorted recent papers of Professor C N R Rao, a well-known chemist. It presents current trends in materials chemistry and physics, offering in-depth information to young researchers and pleasant reading to experts. Advances in Chemistry brings out the single-minded dedication of Professor Rao to the promotion of science.

Download or read book On Being Well coordinated written by Fred Basolo and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2003 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable book distils the research accomplishments of Professor Fred Basolo during the five decades when he served as a world leader in the modern renaissance of inorganic chemistry. Its primary focus is on the very important area of chemistry known as coordination chemistry.Most of the elements in the periodic table are metals, and most of the chemistry of metals involves coordination chemistry. This is the case in the currently significant areas of research, including organometallic homogenous catalysis, biological reactions of metalloproteins, and even the solid state extended structures of new materials. In these systems, the metals are of primary importance because they are the sites of ligand substitution or redox reactions. In the solid materials, the coordination number of the metal and its stereochemistry are of major importance.Some fifty years of research on transition metal complexes carried out in the laboratory of Professor Basolo at Northwestern University is recorded here as selected scientific publications. The book is divided into three different major research areas, each dealing with some aspect of coordination chemistry. In each case, introductory remarks are presented which indicate what prompted the research projects and what the major accomplishments were. Although the research was of the academic, curiosity-driven type, some aspects have proven to be useful to others involved in projects that were much more applied in nature.

Download or read book Quantum Chemistry Classic Scientific Papers written by Hinne Hettema and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2000-03-24 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chemical physics is presently a very active field, where theoretical computation and accurate experimentation have led to a host of exciting new results. Among these are the possibility of state-to-state reactive scattering, the insights in non-adiabatic chemistry, and, from the computational perspective, the use of explicitly correlated functions in quantum chemistry. Many of these present-day developments use ideas, derivations and results that were obtained in the very early days of quantum theory, in the 1920s and 1930s.Much of this material is hard to study for readers not familiar with German. This volume presents English translations of some of the most important papers. The choice of material is made with the relevance to present-day researchers in mind. Included are seminal papers by M Born and J R Oppenheimer, J von Neumann and E Wigner, E A Hylleraas, F London, F Hund, H A Kramers, R de L Kronig and F Hückel, among others.

Download or read book Nmr In Structural Biology A Collection Of Papers By Kurt Wuthrich written by Kurt Wuthrich and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1995-07-31 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume presents a survey of the research by Kurt Wüthrich and his associates during the period 1965 to 1994. A selection of reprints of original papers on the use of NMR spectroscopy in structural biology is supplemented with an introduction, which outlines the foundations and the historical development of the use of NMR spectroscopy for the determination of three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules in solution. The original papers are presented in groups highlighting protein structure determination by NMR, studies of dynamic properties and hydration of biological macromolecules, and practical applications of the NMR methodology in fields such as enzymology, transcriptional regulation, immunosuppression and protein folding.

Download or read book The Oxidation of Oxygen and Related Chemistry written by Neil Bartlett and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The selected papers in this invaluable volume are arranged in chapters, each with an introductory essay. The purpose of the arrangement is to illustrate the process of scientific discovery at work. Neil Bartlett's field is that of powerful oxidizers. The early chapters tell the story of the oxidation of the oxygen molecule and the discovery of xenon chemistry. His work in noble-gas chemistry is summarized. Succeeding chapters show how metastable fluorides such as Ag3 and NiF4 came to be prepared at ordinary temperatures and pressures, and how they have provided the most potent oxidizers and fluorinators ever prepared.

Download or read book Linus Pauling written by Linus Pauling and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pt. III. Biological macromolecules. ch. 11. Hemoglobin: Oxygen bonding and magnetic properties papers SP 82 to SP -- ch. 12. Antibodies: Structure and function papers SP 88 to SP 94 -- ch. 13. The alpha helix and the structure of proteins papers SP 95 to SP 111 -- ch. 14. Molecular biology: The role of large molecules in life and evolution papers SP 112 to SP 121 -- pt. IV. Health and medicine. ch. 15. Molecular disease papers SP 122 to SP 126 -- ch. 16. Physiological chemistry, effects of radiation, and health hazards papers SP 127 to SP 133 -- ch. 17. Orthomolecular medicine papers SP 134 to SP 144 -- pt. V. Summary of Linus Pauling's life and scientific work. ch. 18. Biographical memoir, by Prof. Jack D. Dunitz

Download or read book Biographical Memoirs written by National Academy of Sciences and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-12-13 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographic Memoirs: Volume 78 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works. Each biographical essay was written by a member of the Academy familiar with the professional career of the deceased. For historical and bibliographical purposes, these volumes are worth returning to time and again.