The Posthumous Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Correcting the Errors and Oversights of the Nobel Prize Committee
(Sprache: Englisch)
Takes a look at eleven passed-over chemists who the editors feel are deserving of a posthumous Nobel Prize in chemistry
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Takes a look at eleven passed-over chemists who the editors feel are deserving of a posthumous Nobel Prize in chemistry
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The Nobel Prize is the only scientific prize that has achieved worldwide recognition among the general public. Each year, announcement of the prizes is covered by the national news media, and countries and universities brag about how many Nobel Prize winners they have. As of 2015, 172 individuals have received the Nobel Prize in chemistry. This book explores the reasons why the Nobel Prize has not been awarded to various deserving chemists over the years, and pointsspecifically to eleven deceased chemists in particular who did not receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Autoren-Porträt
E. Thomas Strom is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), where he teaches organic and polymer chemistry. He came to UTA after retiring from Mobil in Dallas, where he worked 32 years as a research chemist studying oil field chemistry. His research interests are in the history of chemistry and the study of anion radicals by electron spin resonance spectroscopy. He received his Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of Iowa, hisMaster's degree in nuclear chemistry from UC Berkeley, and his Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry from Iowa State University.
Vera V. Mainz is a retired Director of the NMR Lab in the School of Chemical Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received a B.S. in Chemistry and Mathematics at Kansas Newman College her PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of California Berkeley. She was elected to the position of Secretary-Treasurer of the History of Chemistry Division (HIST) of the ACS in 1995, and has served as Secretary-Treasurer since that time. Her interest in the HIST Division was
kindled when she presented her work on the chemical genealogy of the University of Illinois (UI) Chemistry Department at a HIST symposium on chemical genealogies in 1994.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2018, 368 Seiten, Maße: 23,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben von Strom, E. Thomas; Mainz, Vera V.
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0841232512
- ISBN-13: 9780841232518
Sprache:
Englisch
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