Following the trail of light : a scientific odyssey /
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| Author / Creator: | Calvin, Melvin, 1911-1997 |
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| Imprint: | Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 1992. |
| Description: | xxiii, 175 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Profiles, pathways, and dreams : autobiographies of eminent chemists, 1047-8329 Profiles, pathways, and dreams |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1474572 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Photographs
- Preface
- Editor's Note
- The Childhood Years
- Education
- Academic Appointment to the University of California, Berkeley, 1937-Present
- Collaboration with
- Collaboration with G.E.K. Branch: The Theory of Organic Chemistry
- Collaboration with Biological Departments at Berkeley
- The War Years
- Collaboration with Genevieve Calvin on Rh Work
- Establishment of the Bio-Organic Group of the Radiation Laboratory
- The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis
- Photochemistry
- Electronic Properties of Organic Crystals
- Chemical Evolution and Organic Geochemistry
- Free Radicals
- Effect of Deuterium on Biological Reactions
- Chemical and Viral Carcinogenesis
- Hydrocarbons from Plants
- Artificial Photosynthesis
- Organization of the Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics
- The Nobel Prize
- Service
- Industrial Consulting
- Bringing It Together
- The Beautiful and Awesome Order
- Epilogue: Celebrations and Reminiscences
- References
- Index
