Boranes and Beyond
Boranes and Beyond: History and the Man Who Created Them
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1071629069 | 457 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 66 MB
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1071629069 | 457 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 66 MB
Tracing the life of a giant in inorganic chemistry and key trends in his science, Boranes and Beyond follows Hawthorne from his mid-American origins to the halls of Harvard and UCLA and back again. It naturally details the accomplishments in his lab. This book is a fascinating mixture of science and autobiography. Prof. Hawthorne won the Priestley Medal, the highest award of the American Chemical Society, for his pioneering work in elucidating the chemistry of boron. He has chronicled in this book the developments in his lab which ultimately led to this achievement.