Ghosh Letters to a Young Chemist

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-00708-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten, E-Book

What's it really like to be a chemist?
Leading chemists share what they do, how they do it, and whythey love it.
"Letters to a young ..." has been a much-lovedway for professionals in a field to convey their enthusiasm and therealities of what they do to the next generation. Now, Lettersto a Young Chemist does the same for the chemical sciences.Written with a humorous touch by some of today's leadingchemists, this book presents missives to "Angela," afictional undergraduate considering a career in chemistry. Thedifferent chapters offer a mix of fundamental principles,contemporary issues, and challenges for the future. Marye Anne Fox,Chancellor of the University of California San Diego, talks aboutlearning to do research and modern physical organic chemistry.Brothers Jonathan and Daniel Sessler explain the chemistry ofanesthetics that make modern surgery possible while Elizabeth Nolantalks about biological imaging. Terry Collins talks about greenchemistry, a more sustainable way of doing chemistry, while severalauthors including Carl Wamser, Harry Gray, John Magyar, and PennyBrothers discuss the crucial contributions that chemists can makein meeting global energy needs.
Letters to a Young Chemist gives students andprofessionals alike a unique window into the real world ofchemistry. Entertaining, informative, and full of honest andinspiring advice, it serves as a helpful guide throughout youreducation and career.
"The different chapters describe both the wonders ofthe molecular world and the practical benefits afforded bychemistry ... and if any girl out there thinks that chemistry is aman's world, this book should be a good antidote."--Marye Anne Fox, Chancellor of the University of California,San Diego, and winner of the 2009 US National Medal of Science
"Letters to a Young Chemist offers significantammunition for motivating young people to consider chemistry as acareer. ... This book should also be required reading for allfaculty members who teach chemistry in high schools, colleges, anduniversities." --Stephen J. Lippard, Arthur AmosNoyes Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, and winner of the 2006 US National Medal of Science

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ghosh, Abhik

Weitere Mitwirkende

Lippard, Stephen J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FOREWORD (Stephen J. Lippard).
PREFACE.
CONTRIBUTORS.
Part I From Fundamentals to Applications.
1. Let's Get Physical (Marye Anne Fox).
2. In Silico: An Alternate Approach to Chemistry andBiology (David A. Case).
3. The Purple Planet: A Short Tour of Porphyrins and RelatedMacrocycles (Abhik Ghosh).
4. Anesthesia: Don't Forget Your Chemistry (Jonathan L.Sessler and Daniel I. Sessler).
5. The Green Evolution (Terrence J. Collins).
Part II Chemistry and the Life Sciences.
6. Thinking Like an Enzyme (Judith P. Klinman).
7. Making Sense of Oxygen (Marie-AldaGilles-Gonzalez).
8. Let's Visualize Biology: Chemistry and Cellular Imaging(Elizabeth M. Nolan).
9. Bioinorganic Chemistry: Show Your Mettle by Meddling withMetals (Kara L. Bren).
10. Better Than Sliced Bread (Chaitan Khosla).
11. Choreographing DNA (Cynthia J. Burrows).
Part III Functional Materials.
12. Supramolecules to the Rescue! (Seth M. Cohen).
13. Biomaterials at the Beach: How Marine Biology Uses Chemistryto Make Materials (Jonathan J. Wilker).
14. The Advantage of Being Small: Nanotechnology (Michael J.Sailor).
Part IV Chemistry and Energy.
15. Happy Campers: Chemists' Solutions to Energy Problems(Penelope J. Brothers).
16. Clean Electrons and Molecules Will Save the World (CarlC. Wamser).
17. Metals, Microbes, and Solar Fuel (Harry B. Gray and JohnS. Magyar).
INDEX.

Über Autor(innen)

Abhik Ghosh, Editor, is a professor of inorganic and materials chemistry at the University of Tromso, Norway. A former Senior Fellow at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and a frequent Visiting Research Fellow at The University of Auckland, New Zealand, he has recently completed a term as an Outstanding Younger Researcher of the Research Council of Norway. He serves or has served on the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, the Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, and the Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. His research interests lie at the intersection of bioinorganic, materials and computational chemistry.