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Chemistry: Decade By Decade (Book Title)

 

Program Description:

This book presents a readable and accessible coverage of chemistry, decade by decade, during the twentieth century. Its primary audiences include high school and college chemistry teachers, their students, professional scientists and the lay public interested in science. Each decade is covered by a chapter with milestones, drawings, photographs, sidebars, a “scientist of the decade,” and recommended reading. Chapter 11 is titled: “The Early Twenty-first Century: A Chemical Odyssey.” There is a comprehensive list of Nobel Prizes in chemistry (1901-2000) as well as an extensive list of book, journal and website sources of information. There is simply no other book that has attempted this coverage in a manner accessible to a broad readership.


Speaker:

Arthur Greenberg

Arthur Greenberg is a professor of organic chemistry at the University of New Hampshire. He joined UNH in 2000 as dean of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences and served a full five-year term in this position. Prior to that he was Chair of the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1994-2000) and this followed five years as Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and his current research interests include physical organic chemistry and environmental organic chemistry. He has published 120 refereed papers and book chapters, authored 5 books, and edited 18 books.

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