Lars Ohrstrom (, Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, Go

Broschiertes Buch

Curious Tales from Chemistry

The Last Alchemist in Paris and Other Episodes

Beschreibung

Disasters and discoveries. Industrial espionage and invention. Warfare and biopiracy. The race to find gold, uranium, precious stones. The history of scientific discovery is packed with fascinating incident. Lars à hrstrà m tells illuminating stories, rich with human interest, each based around a chemical element and principle.

Autor

Lars Öhrström is a Swedish inorganic chemist who has also worked in France, Botswana, Switzerland, and the USA. He was educated at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and currently he is professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. At Chalmers he has devoted much time to teaching and curriculum development for the first year chemistry courses and recently he has made a number of popular science podcasts for Chemistry World magazine. His main research interest is in Metal-Organic Frameworks, which are new types of potentially porous materials with budding technological applications, especially in green and sustainable chemical manufacturing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford / Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 131mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 203g
• ISBN-13: 9780198743927
• ISBN-10: 0198743920
• Artikelnr.: 42787459