LEADER 03239nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910449889703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-87686-0 010 $a9786611876869 010 $a981-256-447-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000033234 035 $a(EBL)234369 035 $a(OCoLC)475941293 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000268541 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11229400 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268541 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10237716 035 $a(PQKB)10049885 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC234369 035 $a(WSP)00005250 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL234369 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10083760 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL187686 035 $a(OCoLC)936902646 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000033234 100 $a20031030d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVoyage through time$b[electronic resource] $ewalks of life to the Nobel Prize /$fAhmed Zewail 210 $aSingapore $cWorld Scientific Publishing$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (343 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-238-340-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-241) and index. 327 $aContents; Illustrations; Prologue; 1 First Steps On the Banks of the Nile; 2 The Gate to Science The Alexandria Years; 3 The American Encounter Independence in Philadelphia; 4 California Gold From Berkeley to Pasadena; 5 The Invisible Atom Close-up at Caltech; 6 The Race against Time Six Millennia to Femtotime; 7 Time and Matter The Femtouniverse in Perspective; 8 On the Road to Stockholm Festivities and Fairy Tales; 9 A Personal Vision The World of the Have-Nots; 10 Walks to the Future My Hope for Egypt and America; Epilogue Success-Is There a Formula?; Further Readings; Appendix 327 $aNobel Prize Address by Professor Bengt Norde?n Nobel Prize Address by Ahmed Zewail; Order of the Grand Collar of the Nile (Qiladat al-Nil al-'Uzma) Address by President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak; Order of the Grand Collar of the Nile Address by Ahmed Zewail; New Initiative for Science and Technology in the Twenty-first Century; Curriculum Vitae Ahmed H. Zewail; Index 330 $aFrom a beginning in an Egyptian delta town and the port of Alexandria to the scenic vistas of sunny southern California, Ahmed Zewail takes us on a voyage through time his own life and the split-second world of the femto second. In this endearing expose? of his life and work until his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 1999, he draws lessons from his life story so far, and he meditates on the impact which the revolution in science has had on our modern world in both developed and developing countries. 606 $aFemtochemistry$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aChemists$zEgypt$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFemtochemistry$xHistory 615 0$aChemists 676 $a540/.92 676 $aB 700 $aZewail$b Ahmed H$0501917 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910449889703321 996 $aVoyage through time$92176165 997 $aUNINA