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OverviewThis book comprises seventeen independent essays on little remembered chemists whose contributions have had significant impact on chemistry and society. Among these chemists, readers will find names such as Alexander Borodin and Sir William Crookes, whose fame is known but not their chemistry. In the remaining fifteen essays readers will discover about less well-known chemists such as Frederick Accum, John Mercer and Ellen Swallow Richards. Each essay is complete in itself with selection made without regard to the area of chemistry involved, and they appear alphabetically by the family name of individual. This collection of essays consists of selections from the series originally published quarterly as Some Unremembered Chemists in the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry in-house journal, Chemistry in New Zealand (2013-2018). They are abstracted, edited and abbreviated slightly, and appear with the permission of the copyright holder. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Brian HaltonPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2020 Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9783030164027ISBN 10: 3030164020 Pages: 162 Publication Date: 06 December 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Carl Friedrich Accum (1769-1838).- Henry Edward Armstrong (1848-1937).- Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland (1863-1944).- Alexander Porfirevich Borodin (1834-1887).- Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov (1828-1886) and the Cradle of Russian Organic Chemistry.- Heinrich Caro (1834-1910).- John William Draper (1811-1882).- Sir Thomas Hill Easterfield (1866-1949).- Sir Edward Frankland (1825-1899).- William Henry (1774-1836).- Joseph William Mellor (1869-1938).- John Mercer (1791-1866).- Ellen Swallow Richards (1842-1911).- Philip Wilfred Robertson (1884-1969).- Women Pioneers.- William John Young (1878-1942).Reviews“Some Forgotten Chemists offers concise and factual information about the chosen chemists and as such it is a useful reference work that may well appeal to many chemist readers.” (Helghe Kragh, Ambix, Vol. 69 (4), November, 2022) Some Forgotten Chemists offers concise and factual information about the chosen chemists and as such it is a useful reference work that may well appeal to many chemist readers. (Helghe Kragh, Ambix, Vol. 69 (4), November, 2022) Author InformationBrian Halton arrived in New Zealand in September 1968. He was born in Lancashire and educated there and in London prior to entering the University of Southampton in 1963. He gained Bachelor’s and Doctoral degrees (1963 and 1966), then experience at the University of Florida prior to appointment as Assistant Professor in 1967. He transferred to the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand in 1968 and spent his career teaching and researching there. Initially a lecturer in chemistry, he rose to become professor, publishing some 180 peer reviewed international articles in his chosen field. He is now Emeritus Professor of Chemistry with some 250 publications. Brian has served on various international committees and boards, and remains a referee for many prominent international chemistry periodicals. Currently, he is the sole Honorary Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry elected in the 21st century. He was the editor of its flagship journal Chemistry in New Zealand for some ten years from 2001. In his retirement, he has provided an autobiography that surveys his fifty years as a practising organic chemist, a history of the Chemistry Department at Victoria over its first 100 years from the viewpoint of the chemist rather than a historian, a history of chemistry in New Zealand from its settlement, and the individual essays that comprise this book. As a sufferer of significant heart disease, he has provided a booklet A Cat of Nine Lives to assist others. He has also published two chemistry books with Victoria University of Wellington. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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