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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780887603321

Autore

Goh Lai Yoong

Titolo

Follow the chemistry [[electronic resource] ] : lure, lore, and life : an autobiography of Goh Lai Yoong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010

ISBN

1-282-76367-9

9786612763670

981-4304-01-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Disciplina

540

540.92

Soggetti

Chemistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Early Memories; Chapter 2. Start of School; Chapter 3. On The Move - An Unsettling Two Years; Chapter 4. Back To Normalcy; Chapter 5. Pre-University and University; Chapter 6. In the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur; Chapter 7. Postgraduate Studies in London; Chapter 8. Beyond the Ph.D. and Chicago; Chapter 9. A Beginning in Academia; Chapter 10. Sabbatical Leaves; Chapter 11. Research Reality in the Home Environment; Chapter 12. Overseas Conference Participation and a Bit of Travel; Chapter 13. In Service of the Profession

Chapter 14. My First Retirement and a Doctor of ScienceChapter 15. A Second Retirement and Beyond; Chapter 16. Family; Epilogue -- Reflections; Appendix I List of Acronyms; Appendix II Selected List of Journal Publications; Appendix III Published Conference Abstracts and Proceedings

Sommario/riassunto

This autobiography presents a personal account of the life of a woman academic, over a span of 60 years, from incidents in her childhood, through the education process from primary to pre-university education in British Malaya to two doctorates from University College London. As the story unfolds, it is immediately apparent that her journey in academia has been far from ordinary. She gives credit to the



excellent early education she received in Ipoh - a medium-sized town in Malaya - from highly qualified and dedicated nuns and teachers in the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus. Hers was a career