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Record Nr.

UNINA9911020180803321

Titolo

Letters to a young chemist / / edited by Abhik Ghosh ; with a foreword by Stephen J. Lippard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2011

ISBN

9786613026187

9781283026185

128302618X

9781118007082

1118007085

9781118007099

1118007093

9781118007075

1118007077

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GhoshAbhik

LippardStephen J

Disciplina

540.23

Soggetti

Chemistry - Vocational guidance

Chemistry - Research

Chemists

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Pt. 1. From fundamentals to applications -- pt. 2. Chemistry and the life sciences -- pt. 3. Functional materials -- pt. 4. Chemistry and energy.

Sommario/riassunto

What's it really like to be a chemist? Leading chemists share what they do, how they do it, and why they love it. "Letters to a young ..." has been a much-loved way for professionals in a field to convey their enthusiasm and the realities of what they do to the next generation. Now, Letters to a Young Chemist does the same for the chemical sciences. Written with a humorous touch by some of today's leading chemists, this book presents missives to "Angela," a fictional undergraduate considering a career in chemistry. The different



chapters offer a mix of fundamental princi