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An edition of The most beautiful molecule (1995)

The most beautiful molecule

the discovery of the buckyball

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A history of the development of buckminsterfullerene, and a meditation on the nature of scientific discovery and development.

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Publisher
John Wiley
Language
English
Pages
340

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Subjects

Buckminsterfullerene, science, chemistry, Technical Chemistry, Materials science, Fullerenes, Carbon, Research, Molecular biology, Brucellosis

People

Richard Smalley, Harold Kroto, Robert Curl, Richard Buckminster Fuller, Donald Huffman, Wolfgang Kratschmer

Places

Houston, Texas; Sussex, England; Tucson, Arizona; Heidelberg, Germany

Times

1985-1993

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The Most Beautiful Molecule: The Discovery of the Buckyball
October 1997, Wiley
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The most beautiful molecule: the discovery of the buckyball
1995, John Wiley
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The most beautiful molecule: an adventure in chemistry
1995, Aurum Press
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1995, John Wiley
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Page ix
Introduction
Page 1
Prologue: The Dome of Discovery
Page 6
1. Making Molecules
Page 11
2. September 1985
Page 52
3. The Search for the Yellow Vial
Page 91
4. On Symmetry and the Sexagesimal
Page 124
5. The Fuller View
Page 140
6. The Chemical Senses
Page 156
7. The Chemist-stylites
Page 179
8. September 1990
Page 192
9. The Peak of Perfection
Page 227
10. "My Lords, What Does It Do?"
Page 239
11. The Molecular Architects
Page 270
Epilogue: Spot the Ball
Page 288
Notes and References
Page 292
Index
Page 333

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-332) and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
546/.681
Library of Congress
QD181.C1 A43 1995

The Physical Object

Format
hardcover
Pagination
ix, 340 p. :
Number of pages
340
Weight
700 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL780565M
ISBN 10
047110938X
LCCN
95012422
Library Thing
139544
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4499057

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