Robert Robinson: Chemist Extraordinary

ISBN-13: 9780198581802 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 222 str.

Trevor I. Williams

Opis

Sir Robert Robinson was among the last of the great organic chemists in the classical tradition, achieving brilliant results with extremely simple apparatus. In this area he may be compared with Ernest Rutherford and his colleagues at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, who revolutionized atomic physics with equipment based on `string and sealing wax'. This biography examines Robinson's long and distinguished career, from his academic achievements to his work in the chemical industry, and illustrates his complex personality.

Recenzje

'The book deals neatly with a factual account of Robinson's life ... Williams deals with the years immediately preceding his death in a sensitive and restrained way. This is a 'scientific biography' in that, after reading it, I felt I had learnt more about Robinson the chemist than Robinson the man.' A.R. Butler, Chemistry in Britain

Spis treści

The Robinsons of Chesterfield; Students days at Manchester; Sydney: the first Chair; Liverpool and a flirtation with industry; St Andrews: the Scottish experience; Manchester and London; The electronic theory of reaction: the Ingold controversy; Pre-war Oxford; The Second World War; The last years of academe; An active retirement; The darkening years; Notes; Index.

O autorze

Trevor I. Williams is editor of Endeavour and Outlook on Agriculture