George A. Olah (1927–2017)
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A propos de l'auteur
George Andrew Olah was born in Budapest, Hungary on May 22, 1927. After World War II, he received master's and doctoral degrees from the Technical University of Budapest. He and his family fled Hungary after the 1956 uprising, eventually settling in Canada. His worked at a Dow Chemical Company afficher plus research laboratory and discovered superacids. In 1965, he left Dow to return to academia as a chemistry professor at Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He moved to the University of Southern California in 1977 and founded the Hydrocarbon Research Institute there. His advances in the understanding of hydrocarbons have been used in an array of applications including the development of gasoline that burns more cleanly and the discovery of new drugs. He wrote nearly 1,500 scientific papers and held 160 patents in seven countries. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994 for his study of the chemical reactions of carbon compounds. He also wrote an autobiography entitled A Life of Magic Chemistry. He died on March 8, 2017 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de George A. Olah
A Life Of Magic Chemistry: Autobiographical Reflections of a Nobel Prize Winner (2000) 17 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Olah, George Andrew
- Date de naissance
- 1927-05-22
- Date de décès
- 2017-03-08
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Hungary (birth)
USA - Lieu de naissance
- Budapest, Hungary
- Lieu du décès
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Études
- Technical University of Budapest
- Professions
- Chemist
- Organisations
- Dow Chemical
Western Reserve University
University of Southern California - Prix et distinctions
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1994)
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 11
- Membres
- 96
- Popularité
- #196,089
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 52
- Langues
- 1
- Favoris
- 1
How did a young man who grew up in Hungary between the two World Wars go from cleaning rubble and moving pianos at the end of World War II in the Budapest Opera House to winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry? George Olah takes us on a remarkable journey from Budapest to Cleveland to Los Angeles-with a stopover in Stockholm, of course. An innovative scientist, George Olah is truly one of a kind, whose amazing research into extremely strong acids and their new chemistry yielded what is now commonly known as superacidic "magic acid chemistry."
A Life of Magic Chemistry is an intimate look at the many journeys that George Olah has traveled-from his early research and teaching in Hungary, to his move to North America where, during his years in industry, he continued his study of the elusive cations of carbon, to his return to academia in Cleveland, and, finally, his move to Los Angeles, where he built the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute to find new solutions to the grave problem of the world's diminishing natural oil and gas resources and to mitigate global warming by recycling carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels and products. Professor Olah invites the reader to enjoy the story of his remarkable path-marked by hard work, imagination, and never-ending quests for discovery-which eventually led to the Nobel Prize. Intertwining his research and teaching with a unique personal writing style truly makes A Life of Magic Chemistry an engaging read. His autobiography not only touches on his exhilarating life and pursuit for new chemistry but also reflects on the broader meaning of science in our perpetual search for understanding and knowledge.
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The fascinating autobiographical reflections of Nobel Prize winner George Olah How did a young man who grew up in Hungary between the two World Wars go from cleaning rubble and moving pianos at the end of World War II in the Budapest Opera House to winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry? George Olah takes us on a remarkable journey from Budapest to Cleveland to Los Angeles-with a stopover in Stockholm, of course. An innovative scientist, George Olah is truly one of a kind, whose amazing research into extremely strong acids and their new chemistry yielded what is now commonly known as superacidic "magic acid chemistry." A Life of Magic Chemistry is an intimate look at the many journeys that George Olah has traveled-from his early research and teaching in Hungary, to his move to North America where, during his years in industry, he continued his study of the elusive cations of carbon, to his return to academia in Cleveland, and, finally, his move to Los Angeles, where he built the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute to find new solutions to the grave problem of the world's diminishing natural oil and gas resources and to mitigate global warming by recycling carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels and products. Professor Olah invites the reader to enjoy the story of his remarkable path-marked by hard work, imagination, and never-ending quests for discovery-which eventually led to the Nobel Prize. Intertwining his research and teaching with a unique personal writing style truly makes A Life of Magic Chemistry an engaging read. His autobiography not only touches on his exhilarating life and pursuit for new chemistry but also reflects on the broader meaning of science in our perpetual search for understanding and knowledge.… (plus d'informations)