Candid Science III: More Conversations with Famous Chemists

In his foreword, Nobel laureate Herbert Hauptman comments that reading contemporary scientists' own words about their contributions elicits a reader's greater appreciation. Drawing on interviews—more unpublished ones than in previous volumes of the series, Hargattai (chemistry, Budapest U. of Technology and Economics) presents biographies with b&w photos of three dozen leading chemists including Hauptman. Three women are featured: Jacquelin K. Barton, Mildred Cohn, and Reiko Kuroda. Distributed in the US by World Scientific. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR