Modern Alchemy: Selected Papers of Glenn T. Seaborg (World Scientific Series in 20th Century Chemistry, Vol 2)
Editorial Reviews
I Hargittai, The Chemical Intelligencer
In addition to research papers, reviews, reports, and addresses make the collection more colorful and very interesting to read. They are also testimony to the wide scope of Seaborg's interest and his outstanding abilities as a communicator. The foundation of all is, however, his seminal discoveries. For he is a true pioneer blessed with a far-seeing vision.
Book Description
During his distinguished career spanning more than 50 years, Nobel laureate (Chemistry) Glenn T Seaborg published over 500 works. This volume puts together about 100 of his selected papers. The papers are divided into five categories. Category I consists of papers which detail the discovery of 10 transuranium elements and numerous heavy isotopes of special importance. Category II papers describe the discovery of a number of isotopes which became the workhorses of nuclear medicine or found other applications. Papers in Category III describe how the chemical properties of transuranium elements were originally determined, how chemistry is applied in nuclear sciences, and other chemical investigations, including early work done with the great chemist G N Lewis. Papers in Category IV cover radioactive decay chains and nuclear systematics. Lastly, papers in Category V illustrate how the powerful methods of chemistry are used to explain nuclear reactions in low, intermediate and high energy nuclear physics.
Modern Alchemy: Selected Papers of Glenn T. Seaborg (World Scientific Series in 20th Century Chemistry, Vol 2),Glenn T. Seaborg,World Scientific Publishing Company,9810214405,Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical,Nuclear Chemistry,Science,Science/Mathematics
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