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.
Not content to rest on his laurels, after retiring from UCLA Prof. Hawthorne explored the use of boron in biomedicine and directed the International Institute of Nano & Molecular Medicine at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
| ISBN: | 9781071629062 |
| Publication date: | 12th April 2023 |
| Author: | M Frederick Hawthorne |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer New York |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 267 pages |
| Genres: |
Inorganic chemistry Organometallic chemistry History of science Organic chemistry |
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.
Not content to rest on his laurels, after retiring from UCLA Prof. Hawthorne explored the use of boron in biomedicine and directed the International Institute of Nano & Molecular Medicine at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Boranes and Beyond features in the following genres: Inorganic chemistry, Organometallic chemistry, History of science, Organic chemistry
Boranes and Beyond is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook
Boranes and Beyond was written by M Frederick Hawthorne and published by Springer an imprint of Springer New York
Boranes and Beyond has 267 pages
£143.99