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How Did You Get The Idea--and The Good Fortune--to Convince 22 World-famous Chemists To Write Their Autobiographies? This Question Has Been Asked Of Me, In These Or Similar Words, Frequently Over The Past Several Years. I Hope To Explain In This Preface How The Project Came About, How The Contributors Were Chosen, What The Editorial Ground Rules Were, What Was The Editorial Context In Which These Scientists Wrote Their Stories, And The Answers To Related Issues. Furthermore, Several Authors Specifically Requested That The Project's Boundary Conditions Be Known.--book Jacket. As I Was Preparing An Article For Chemical Reviews On The Curtin-hammett Principle, I Became Interested In The People Who Did The Work And The Human Side Of The Scientific Developments. I Am A Chemist, And I Also Have A Deep Appreciation Of History, Especially In The Sense Of Individual Accomplishments.^ Readers' Responses To The Historical Section Of That Review Encouraged Me To Take An Active Interest In The History Of Chemistry. The Concept For Profiles, Pathways, And Dreams Resulted From That Interest.--book Jacket. My Goal For Profiles Was To Document The Development Of Modern Organic Chemistry By Having I

Author

Raymond U Lemieux; American Chemical Society

Publisher

An American Chemical Society Publication

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780841217775

Subjects

Science, Chemistry, Memoir