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Perfect Symmetry
Accidental Discovery of Buckminsterfullerene
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1996
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Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-855789-0 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-855789-0 (ISBN)
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In this volume, 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.
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.
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.
Part I - From space to symmetry; The last great problem in astronomy; Some kind of Junk; Welcome to the machine; The Lone Ranger; Buckminsterfullerene; Part II - From symmetry to substance; Form and geometry; The fullerene zoo; Pathological science; A crazy idea; Fullerite; The one line proof; There's lots of it to go around; Part III - From substance to science; Chemistry of the spheres; Superconducting fullerides; Shifting the carbon paradigm; Still the last great problem in astronomy. Appendix: Molecular spectroscopy - windows on the microworld.
Zusatzinfo | halftones, line illustrations, bibliography |
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Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 150 x 230 mm |
Gewicht | 506 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Anorganische Chemie |
Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Organische Chemie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-855789-2 / 0198557892 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-855789-0 / 9780198557890 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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