Over a career that spans nearly fifty years, Roald Hoffmann has thought and written copiously about the broader context of chemistry and its relationship to philosophy and poetry. This book gathers together for the first time his most significant contributions, organized around several important themes to emphasize the principal ideas and insights.
Over a career that spans nearly fifty years, Roald Hoffmann has thought and written copiously about the broader context of chemistry and its relationship to philosophy and poetry. This book gathers together for the first time his most significant contributions, organized around several important themes to emphasize the principal ideas and insights.
Jeffrey Kovac is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Tennessee. Michael Weisberg is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.
Inhaltsangabe
* Preface * Acknowledgments * Introduction, by Michael Weisberg and Jeffrey Kovac. * 1 Trying to Understand, Making Bonds, by Roald Hoffmann * Part 1: Chemical Reasoning and Explanation * 2. Why Buy That Theory?, by Roald Hoffmann. * 3. What Might Philosophy of Science Look Like If Chemists Built It?, by Roald Hoffmann * 4. Unstable, by Roald Hoffmann * 5. Nearly Circular Reasoning, by Roald Hoffmann * 6. Ockham's Razor and Chemistry, by Roald Hoffmann, Vladimir I. Minkin, and Barry K. Carpenter * 7. Qualitative Thinking in the Age of Modern Computational Chemistry, or What Lionel Salem Knows, by Roald Hoffmann * 8. Narrative, by Roald Hoffmann * 9. Learning from Molecules in Distress, by Roald Hoffmann and Henning Hopf * 10. Why Think Up New Molecules? by Roald Hoffmann * 11. Protean, by Roald Hoffmann and Pierre Laszlo * 12. How Should Chemists Think? by Roald Hoffmann * Part 2: Writing and Communicating in Chemistry * 13. Under the Surface of the Chemical Article, by Roald Hoffmann * 14. Representation in Chemistry, by Roald Hoffmann and Pierre Laszlo * 15.. The Say of Things, by Roald Hoffmann and Pierre Laszlo * 16. How Symbolic and Iconic Languages Bridge the Two Worlds of the Chemist: A Case Study from Contemporary Bioorganic Chemistry, by Emily R. Grosholz and Roald Hoffmann * 17 How Nice to Be an Outsider, by Roald Hoffmann * 18. The Metaphor, Unchained, by Roald Hoffmann, * Part 3: Art and Science * 19. Art in Science? by Roald Hoffmann * 20. Science and Crafts by Roald Hoffmann * 21. Molecular Beauty, by Roald Hoffmann * Part 4 Chemical Education * 22. Teach to Search by Roald Hoffmann * 23. Some Heretical Thoughts on What Our Students Are Telling Us, by Roald Hoffmann and Brian P. Coppola * 24 Very Specific Teaching Strategies, and Why They Work, by Roald Hoffmann and Saundra Y. McGuire * Part 5 Ethics in Science * 25. Mind the Shade, by Roald Hoffmann * 26. Science and Ethics: A Marriage of Necessity and Choice for this Millennium," by Roald Hoffmann * 27. Honesty to the Singular Object, by Roald Hoffmann * 28. The Material and Spiritual Rationales Are Inseparable, by Roald Hoffmann * Index
* Preface * Acknowledgments * Introduction, by Michael Weisberg and Jeffrey Kovac. * 1 Trying to Understand, Making Bonds, by Roald Hoffmann * Part 1: Chemical Reasoning and Explanation * 2. Why Buy That Theory?, by Roald Hoffmann. * 3. What Might Philosophy of Science Look Like If Chemists Built It?, by Roald Hoffmann * 4. Unstable, by Roald Hoffmann * 5. Nearly Circular Reasoning, by Roald Hoffmann * 6. Ockham's Razor and Chemistry, by Roald Hoffmann, Vladimir I. Minkin, and Barry K. Carpenter * 7. Qualitative Thinking in the Age of Modern Computational Chemistry, or What Lionel Salem Knows, by Roald Hoffmann * 8. Narrative, by Roald Hoffmann * 9. Learning from Molecules in Distress, by Roald Hoffmann and Henning Hopf * 10. Why Think Up New Molecules? by Roald Hoffmann * 11. Protean, by Roald Hoffmann and Pierre Laszlo * 12. How Should Chemists Think? by Roald Hoffmann * Part 2: Writing and Communicating in Chemistry * 13. Under the Surface of the Chemical Article, by Roald Hoffmann * 14. Representation in Chemistry, by Roald Hoffmann and Pierre Laszlo * 15.. The Say of Things, by Roald Hoffmann and Pierre Laszlo * 16. How Symbolic and Iconic Languages Bridge the Two Worlds of the Chemist: A Case Study from Contemporary Bioorganic Chemistry, by Emily R. Grosholz and Roald Hoffmann * 17 How Nice to Be an Outsider, by Roald Hoffmann * 18. The Metaphor, Unchained, by Roald Hoffmann, * Part 3: Art and Science * 19. Art in Science? by Roald Hoffmann * 20. Science and Crafts by Roald Hoffmann * 21. Molecular Beauty, by Roald Hoffmann * Part 4 Chemical Education * 22. Teach to Search by Roald Hoffmann * 23. Some Heretical Thoughts on What Our Students Are Telling Us, by Roald Hoffmann and Brian P. Coppola * 24 Very Specific Teaching Strategies, and Why They Work, by Roald Hoffmann and Saundra Y. McGuire * Part 5 Ethics in Science * 25. Mind the Shade, by Roald Hoffmann * 26. Science and Ethics: A Marriage of Necessity and Choice for this Millennium," by Roald Hoffmann * 27. Honesty to the Singular Object, by Roald Hoffmann * 28. The Material and Spiritual Rationales Are Inseparable, by Roald Hoffmann * Index
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