A life and career in chemistry : autobiography from the 1960s to the 1990s / Pierre Laszlo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laszlo, Pierre, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Laszlo, Pierre.

Chemists--France--Biography.

Chemists.

France.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2021]

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Chapter 1: Family and Upbringing

Chapter 2 : A series of great teachers

Chapter 3: Premises from childhood and adolescence

Chapter 4: Becoming a chemist

Chapter 5: Learning the ropes at Princeton

Chapter 6: Life in Princeton

Chapter 7: Chemistry in the Sixties

Chapter 8: Coworkers Of Note

Chapter 9: Remarkable Scientists

Chapter 10: Seminars and conferences

Chapter 11: Personal impact of philosophy of science

Chapter 12: Joy and Pride of Writing

Chapter 13: Teaching = to raise

Chapter 14: Examining students: opportunity or chore?

Chapter 15: Roving and Foraging Widely-or Wildly?

Chapter 16: Visiting professorships

Chapter 17: Skipping the Norms

Chapter 18: Meaningless Fads, Meaningful Changes

Chapter 19: Me-too chemistry

Chapter 20: What Have I Achieved?

Chapter 21: Personal papers and public archives

Chapter 22: Lecturing Trips.-Chapter 23: Books that were influential

Chapter 24: This Was Then

Chapter 25: Now and Later.

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 24, 2021).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9783030823931

3030823938

Publisher Number:

99988574380

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.