![]() WOLF PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY
An Epitome of Chemistry History in 20th Century
edited by Lou-Sing Kan & Sheng-Hsien Lin (Academia
Sinica, Taiwan)
604pp
978-981-4280-39-6: US$180 / £117 US$126
/ £81.90
This book is the epitome of important developments in
chemistry in the 20th century and beyond. It provides a historical
account of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry and includes the biographies and
selected papers of the distinguished recipients from 1978 to 2008 (no
prize was awarded in 2009 or 2010). Many of the recipients have
extensive publication lists; this book brings together a wealth of
information on the Wolf Prize, the prize winners, and especially a
reprint of their most significant publications.
This invaluable volume provides readers with in-depth
knowledge of all the major fields in chemistry, and will also inspire
readers with the unique accounts of the prize winners.
Both editors of the book are veteran chemists who have worked
in the field for many years. Dr Sheng-Hsien Lin, an Academician, is a
theoretical chemist who has published more than 700 papers and 20
books. Dr Lou-Sing Kan is a biophysicist on structures of nucleic acids
and an NMR specialist; he has authored 176 peer-reviewed papers and is
also a popular science writer in Chinese.
Contents:
- Bioorganic Chemistry (C Djerassi)
- Synthetic Transition Metal Chemistry (J
Chatt)
- Electron Transfer Reactions (R A Marcus)
- Quantum Chemical Methods (J A Pople)
- Femtochemistry (A H Zewail)
- Oligosaccharides (R U Lemieux)
- Transition Metal Chemistry (F A Cotton)
- Long-Range Electron Transfers (H B Gray)
- Laser in Analytical Chemistry (R N Zare)
- and other papers
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