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The Nile on eBay Chemical Creativity by Jerome A. Berson This text looks at the ideas of people like Woodward, Hnckel and Meerwein that were to further the realms of chemistry. Sections include: discoveries missed, discoveries made; the Dienone-Phenol mysteries; and meditations on the special convictive power of symmetrization experiments. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Where are the origins of chemical ideas? How did the pioneers in chemistry recognize the fundamental intellectual issues of their time? What skills of reasoning and experiment did they use to solve these problemes? How did the circumstances of personality and competition influence their careers and scientific accomplishments? If we can answer these questions, we may be able to improve our own chances of success in research. "This is a marvelous book of people and chemical ideas! The author, Jerry Berson, is known as a chemical stylist, a physical organic chemist possessed of the highest analytical powers. In a unique approach to the history of chemistry (indeed the history of science) he brings that style, as well as his insider's knowledge and a perceptive sensivity to the societal setting of chemists, to the analysis of some key chapters in modern organic chemistry." Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Laureate Back Cover Jerome A. Berson Chemical Creativity Ideas from the Work of Woodward, Hückel, Meerwein, and Others How did the pioneers in chemistry recognize the fundamental intellectual issues of their time? What skills of reasoning and experiment did they use to solve these problemes? How did the circumstances of personality and competition influence their careers and scientific accomplishments? If we can answer these questions, we may be able to improve our own chances of success in research. »This is a marvelous book of people and chemical ideas! The author, Jerry Berson, is known as a chemical stylist, a physical organic chemist possessed of the highest analytical powers. In a unique approach to the history of chemistry (indeed the history of science) he brings that style, as well as his insider’s knowledge and a perceptive sensivity to the societal setting of chemists, to the analysis of some key chapters in modern organic chemistry.« Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Laureate Flap Jerome A. Berson Chemical Creativity Ideas from the Work of Woodward, H Table of Contents INTRODUCTION The Nature of Science and the History of Science An Experiment DISCOVERIES MISSED, DISCOVERIES MADE - TWO CASE STUDIES OF CREATIVITY IN CHEMISTRY Science and the Individual Diels, Alder, Their Competitors, and the Discovery of the Diene Synthesis Thiele The Alternation Effect and the Discovery of Orbital Symmetry ERICH HÜCKEL AND THE THEORY OF AROMATICITY - REFLECTIONS ON THEORY AND EXPERIMENT Debye-Hückel Theory of Electrolytic Solutions Nature of the Double Bond Hybridization in Double Bonds Benzene Problem MO Description of Conjugated Cyclic Compounds Orbital Symmetry (Woodward-Hoffmann Rules) Extension of Cyclic p-Electron MO Theory to Transition States of Pericyclic Reactions Violation of Hund's Rule in Biradicals Reflections on Hückel's Career THE DIENONE-PHENOL MYSTERIES Isolations of Estrogens Approaches to the Estrogens by Aromatization of Ring A Alicyclic Steroids Woodward's Challenge Misgivings about the Structures Why did Woodward Undertake the Correction of the Phenolic Structures? Woodward and the Total Synthesis of Steroids Approaches and Achievements Mechanistic Motivation MEDITATIONS ON THE SPECIAL CONVICTIVE POWER OF SYMMETRIZATION EXPERIMENTS Enolization as a Mechanism of Symmetrization The Menthone Problem Tricyclene and the Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangement The Pinacol Controversy The Favorskii Rearrangement Symmetrization Racemization Machines with no Achiral Parts Direct Nucleophilic Displacement Reaction The Walden Inversion Biological and Evolutionary Attraction of Symmetry Epilogue Long Description Jerome A. Berson Chemical Creativity Ideas from the Work of Woodward, Hckel, Meerwein, and Others How did the pioneers in chemistry recognize the fundamental intellectual issues of their time? What skills of reasoning and experiment did they use to solve these problemes? How did the circumstances of personality and competition influence their careers and scientific accomplishments? If we can answer these questions, we may be able to improve our own chances of success in research. This is a marvelous book of people and chemical ideas! The author, Jerry Berson, is known as a chemical stylist, a physical organic chemist possessed of the highest analytical powers. In a unique approach to the history of chemistry (indeed the history of science) he brings that style, as well as his insider's knowledge and a perceptive sensivity to the societal setting of chemists, to the analysis of some key chapters in modern organic chemistry. Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Laureate Feature An excellent combination of modern science and the history of chemistry. Leads to a better understanding of the nature of scientific research. Numerous quotations of Nobel Laureates in chemistry supplement a discussion of crucial chemical principles. Shows readers directly "how to learn from scientists that set milestones in chemistry." Extensive references to relevant scientific publications and biographical data. Details ISBN 3527297545 Author Jerome A. Berson Short Title CHEMICAL CREATIVITY Pages 207 Language English ISBN-10 3527297545 ISBN-13 9783527297542 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1999 Illustrations Ill. Edition 1st Affiliation Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Country of Publication Germany DOI 10.1604/9783527297542 UK Release Date 1999-03-24 Publisher Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Publication Date 1999-03-24 Imprint Blackwell Verlag GmbH Subtitle Ideas from the Work of Woodward, Hückel, Meerwein, and Others Place of Publication Berlin DEWEY 540 Audience Undergraduate Country of Origin DE Product Class Description Chemistry AU Release Date 1999-03-23 NZ Release Date 1999-03-23 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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