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Hoffmann, Roald was born on July 18, 1937 in Zloczow, Poland. Son of Hillel and Clara (Rosen) Safran (stepson Paul Hoffmann). came to the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1955.
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This unique book shows how chemistry and physics come together in the solid state and on surfaces. Using a lively, graphic, descriptive approach, it teaches chemists the language that is necessary to understand the electronic structure of extended systems. And, at the same time, it demonstrates how a chemical, frontier-orbital, approach to solid state and surface bonding and reactivity may be constructed. The book begins with the language of crystal orbitals, band structures and densities of states. The tools for moving back from the highly delocalized orbitals of the solid are then built up in a transparent manner; they include decompositions of the densities of states and crystal orbital overlap populations. Using these tools, the book shapes a meeting ground between detailed quantum mechanical calculations and a chemical frontier orbital perspec- tive. Applications include a general picture of chemisorption, bond-breaking and making in the solid state, bonding in metals, the electronic structure of selected conducting and supercon- ducting structures, dissociation, migration and coupling on surfaces and the forces controlling deformation of extended systems.
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A Nobel Prize-winning chemist uses collages, short essays, personal commentary, and poems to show the magic and mysteries of his field and stress the social, literary, and psychological aspects of chemistry.
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Positioned at the crossroads of the physical and biological sciences, chemistry deals with neither the infinitely small, nor the infinitely large, nor directly with life. So it is sometimes thought of as dull, the way things in the middle often are. But this middle ground is precisely where human beings exist. As Hoffmann shows in his inspired prose, the world observed at its molecular level is complex and agitated, as are the emotions of the supposedly dispassionate scientists who explore it. In The Same and Not the Same the vital tensions of chemistry are revealed; with down-to-earth explanations, Hoffmann uncovers the polarities that power, rend, and reform the world of molecules. When we wash an apple before eating it, we are thinking not merely of the dirt that may still be on it but of the pesticides used in agricultural production. When we take medication, we expect relief for our pain but also fear side effects. The Same and Not the Same shows this ambivalence to be only one of a number of dualities pervading the world of molecules. The theme of identity, reflected in the title of the book, is central to the story. Other dualities, from stasis and dynamics, to creation and discovery to the rich complexity of revealing and concealing, are lucidly delineated for nonscientist and scientist alike. The Same and Not the Same also offers a rare and compelling personal statement of the social responsibility of scientists. Unabashedly confronting some of the major ethical controversies in chemistry today, the book strives for balance in facing the pressing ecological and environmental concerns of our time.
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Exploring the fundamental harmony along the continuum between scientific inquiry and religion, the authors of this text examine a series of encompassing issues such as purity, perception, authority, precision, and the supernatural comparing how each is handled in the realm of science, art/poetry and Jewish scholarship. The result of the study provides a range of contemporary values that arrive at a respect and appreciation for the underlying unity of all knowledge.
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A Nobel Prize-winning chemist uses collages, short essays, personal commentary, and poems to show the magic and mysteries of his field and stress the social, literary, and psychological aspects of chemistry.
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Hoffmann, Roald was born on July 18, 1937 in Zloczow, Poland. Son of Hillel and Clara (Rosen) Safran (stepson Paul Hoffmann). came to the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1955.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1958; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1962; D Technology (honorary), Royal Institute Technology, Stockholm, 1977; Honorary Doctor of Science, Yale University, 1980; Honorary Doctor of Science, Columbia University, 1982; Honorary Doctor of Science, Hartford U., 1982; Honorary Doctor of Science, CUNY, 1983; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. P.R., 1983; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Uruguay, 1984; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. La Plata Honorary Doctor of Science, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1985; Honorary Doctor of Science, Colgate University Honorary Doctor of Science, Lehigh University, 1989; Honorary Doctor of Science, Carleton College, 1989; Doctor of Science (honorary), Ben Gurion University of the Negev, 1989; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Maryland., 1990; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Athens, 1991; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Thessaloniki, Greece, 1991; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Arizona, 1991; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Center Florida, 1991; Honorary Doctor of Science, Bar Ilan U., 1991; Doctor of Science (honorary), University St. Petersburg, Russia, 1991; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Barcelona, 1992; Doctor of Science (honorary), Ohio State University, 1993; others.
Junior fellow Society Fellows, Harvard, 1962-1965; associate professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1965-1968; professor, Cornell Univercity, 1968-1974; John A. Newman professor physical science, Cornell Univercity, 1974-1996; F.T. Rhodes professor humane letters, Cornell Univercity, since 1996.
(Exploring the fundamental harmony along the continuum bet...)
(A Nobel Prize-winning chemist uses collages, short essays...)
(A Nobel Prize-winning chemist uses collages, short essays...)
(Positioned at the crossroads of the physical and biologic...)
(This unique book shows how chemistry and physics come tog...)
Member NAS (award in chemical science 1986), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Russian Academy Sciences (N.N. Semenov Gold medal), International Academy Quantum Molecular Sciences, Royal Society (foreign), Indian National Science Academy, Royal Swedish Academy Sciences, Finnish Academy Arts and Letters.
Married Eva Börjesson, April 30, 1960. Children: Hillel Jan, Ingrid Helena.