In this classic monograph, Nobel Prize-winning chemist William N. Lipscomb elucidates his area of expertise: the general structural principles and reactions of boron hydrides and related compounds. Lipscomb's work appeared only a decade after the structures of boron hydrides were first elucidated and their chemistry formulated into a widely applicable framework. His observations led to a major reconsideration of how atoms bond to form stable molecules.
A concise treatment of the many separate parts of the structural theory and its relation to chemistry, this volume begins with an overview...