Climbing the limitless ladder [[electronic resource] ] : a life in chemistry / / C.N.R. Rao

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780711703321
• Autore: Rao C. N. R (Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra), <1934->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2010
• ISBN: 1-283-14460-3; 9786613144607; 981-4307-87-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 540.92
• Soggetti: Chemists - India
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Prologue; Contents; 1. Those Days; 2. Pilgrimage for Knowledge: Banaras to Berkeley; 3. In Search of a Place and a Purpose; 4. A Long Journey; 5. Labyrinths of Power; 6. Great Fraternity; 7. Reflections; Epilogue: Doing Science as a Way of Life; Appendices; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This important book is an autobiographical account of doing scientific research in India. It provides an insight to the perseverance of a scientist from a developing country. His relentless pursuit of excellence in chemistry for more than half a century is a remarkable source of inspiration to young scientists facing modern-day challenges.

Elementary topics in differential geometry / John A. Thorpe

• Record Nr.: UNICAMPANIAVAN0050128
• Autore: Thorpe, John A.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Springer, 1979
• ISBN: 03-87903-57-7; 978-14-612-6155-1
• Descrizione fisica: XIII, 253 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
• Soggetti: 53-XX - Differential geometry [MSC 2020]; 53A07 - Higher-dimensional and -codimensional surfaces in Euclidean and related $n$-space [MSC 2020]
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia