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基本説明
化学の道を志す架空の学部生アンジェラへの手紙、という体で、化学の各分野から現役の教授陣17人が執筆しているオムニバス形式の一冊。各教授が化学を選んだ理由、現在のポジションを得るまでの経緯、己の研究プロジェクトの概要とその意義、そして当面の解かれるべき問題などを熱く！かつ平易な普段着の英語で語りかける。対象：高レベル理系高校生～他分野の化学を俯瞰的に知りたい研究者。
Written with a personal, humorous touch by today's chemistry luminaries, this book offers hypothetical missives from a professor to a chemistry undergrad considering a career in several subdisciplines. These include organic, inorganic, experimental physical, analytical, and theoretical chemistry, as well as chemical biology materials chemistry, and green chemistry. The authors discuss major achievements, future prospects, and the challenges and satisfactions of a career in each.
Full Description
What's it really like to be a chemist? Leading chemists share what they do, how they do it, and why they love it.
"Letters to a young ..." has been a much-loved way for professionals in a field to convey their enthusiasm and the realities of what they do to the next generation. Now, Letters to a Young Chemist does the same for the chemical sciences. Written with a humorous touch by some of today's leading chemists, this book presents missives to "Angela," a fictional undergraduate considering a career in chemistry. The different chapters offer a mix of fundamental principles, contemporary issues, and challenges for the future. Marye Anne Fox, Chancellor of the University of California San Diego, talks about learning to do research and modern physical organic chemistry. Brothers Jonathan and Daniel Sessler explain the chemistry of anesthetics that make modern surgery possible while Elizabeth Nolan talks about biological imaging. Terry Collins talks about green chemistry, a more sustainable way of doing chemistry, while several authors including Carl Wamser, Harry Gray, John Magyar, and Penny Brothers discuss the crucial contributions that chemists can make in meeting global energy needs.
Letters to a Young Chemist gives students and professionals alike a unique window into the real world of chemistry. Entertaining, informative, and full of honest and inspiring advice, it serves as a helpful guide throughout your education and career.
"The different chapters describe both the wonders of the molecular world and the practical benefits afforded by chemistry ... and if any girl out there thinks that chemistry is a man's world, this book should be a good antidote." —Marye Anne Fox, Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, and winner of the 2009 US National Medal of Science
"Letters to a Young Chemist offers significant ammunition for motivating young people to consider chemistry as a career. ... This book should also be required reading for all faculty members who teach chemistry in high schools, colleges, and universities." —Stephen J. Lippard, Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and winner of the 2006 US National Medal of Science
Contents
Foreword vii
Stephen J. Lippard
Preface xiii
Contributors xix
Part I From Fundamentals to Applications 1
1. Let's Get Physical 3
Marye Anne Fox
2. In Silico: An Alternate Approach to Chemistry and Biology 19
David A. Case
3. The Purple Planet: A Short Tour of Porphyrins and Related Macrocycles 33
Abhik Ghosh
4. Anesthesia: Don't Forget Your Chemistry 51
Jonathan L. Sessler and Daniel I. Sessler
5. The Green Evolution 77
Terrence J. Collins
Part II Chemistry and the Life Sciences 95
6. Thinking Like an Enzyme 97
Judith P. Klinman v
7. Making Sense of Oxygen 109
Marie-Alda Gilles-Gonzalez
8. Let's Visualize Biology: Chemistry and Cellular Imaging 119
Elizabeth M. Nolan
9. Bioinorganic Chemistry: Show Your Mettle by Meddling with Metals 137
Kara L. Bren
10. Better Than Sliced Bread 155
Chaitan Khosla
11. Choreographing DNA 165
Cynthia J. Burrows
Part III Functional Materials 177
12. Supramolecules to the Rescue! 179
Seth M. Cohen
13. Biomaterials at the Beach: How Marine Biology Uses Chemistry to Make Materials 197
Jonathan J. Wilker
14. The Advantage of Being Small: Nanotechnology 217
Michael J. Sailor
Part IV Chemistry and Energy 239
15. Happy Campers: Chemists' Solutions to Energy Problems 241
Penelope J. Brothers
16. Clean Electrons and Molecules Will Save the World 261
Carl C. Wamser
17. Metals, Microbes, and Solar Fuel 279
Harry B. Gray and John S. Magyar
Index 291
