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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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