Perfect Symmetry: Accidental Discovery of Buckminsterfullerene - Softcover

Baggott, J.E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198557892 ISBN 13: 9780198557890

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

In 1966, it was an amusing idea. In September 1985, it was a ball of paper and sticky tape, the result of six days of intense scientific discussion and one moment of inspiration. Five years later it was finally real: a perfectly symmetrical soccer-ball shaped molecule composed of 60 carbon atoms called buckminsterfullerene. This new molecule - one of a large family of carbon cage molecules called "fullerenes" - represents a new form of carbon in addition to diamond and graphite. Its accidental discovery has revolutionised our understanding of this most familiar of all elements. It has heralded a new chemistry, a new range of high-temperature superconductors and some marvellous new concepts in the architecture of large carbon structures. Carbon will never be the same again. In "Perfect Symmetry" , prize-winning science writer Jim Baggott tells the story of the accidental discovery of buckminsterfullerene, from its origins in the cold chemistry of interstellar clouds to the development of the fast-growing field of fullerence science. It is a story full of surprises.

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"Provides an overview of the state of the field that is as well informed and as up to date as one could wish.... Lavishly illustrated, largely with figures from the original sources.... Very well written and rewarding. You will get an excellent account of the story." --Nature

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0198557892
• ISBN 13: 9780198557890
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 326
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