Book ID: CBB546947404

A Life and Career in Chemistry: Autobiography from the 1960s to the 1990s (2021)

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Laszlo, Pierre (Author)


Springer


Publication Date: 2021
Physical Details: 267
Language: English

This book is an enthusiastic account of Pierre Laszlo’s life and pioneering work on catalysis of organic reactions by modified clays, and his reflections on doing science from the 1960s to 1990s. In this autobiography, readers will discover a first-hand testimony of the chemical revolution in the second half of the 20th century, and the author’s perspective on finding a calling in science and chemistry, as well as his own experience on doing science, teaching science and managing a scientific career.During this period, Pierre Laszlo led an academic laboratory and worked also in three different countries: the US, Belgium and France, where he had the opportunity to meet remarkable colleagues. In this book, he recalls his encounters and collaborations with important scientists, who shaped the nature of chemistry at times of increased pace of change, and collates a portrait of the worldwide scientific community at that time. In addition, the author tells us about the turns and twists of his own life, and how he ended up focusing his research on clay based chemistry, where clay minerals were turned in his lab to catalysis of key chemical transformations. Given its breath, the book offers a genuine information on the life and career of a chemist, and it will appeal not only to scientists and students, but also to historians of science and to the general reader.

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Authors & Contributors
Amouroux, Rémy
Blanchard, Pascal
Day, Michael A.
Delft, Dirk van
Hargittai, István
Hargittai, Magdolna
Journals
BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
Historical Records of Australian Science
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
Publishers
American Chemical Society
Imperial College Press
Liverpool University Press
MIT Press
The MIT Press
Walker & Company
Concepts
Personality of the scientist
Organic chemistry
Scientific collaboration
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Autobiographies
Science and society
People
Condon, Edward Uhler
Nicolaou, K. C.
Tuve, Merle Antony
Woodward, Robert Burns
Cleve-Euler, Astrid
Euler, Hans von
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
21st century
Places
Belgium
United States
France
Switzerland
Africa
Great Britain
Institutions
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
University of Melbourne
Siemens
Pic du Midi Turret-Dome
Nicholas Pty Ltd
Indian Institute of Astrophysics
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