Overview
Provides an introduction to twenty-first century physics, chemistry, and biology written for the common reader
Describes in plain words the role of science in the lives of human beings
Explains the philosophy, ethics, and aesthetics of modern science
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About this book
Originally published in Russian, Professor Buchachenko’s book describes the interaction of natural sciences with social ones—philosophy and history—as well as the part played by the human factor in the development of science, especially the role of the great scientists.
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About the author
His scientific interests lie in the chemistry and physics of stable radicals and high spin molecules, ESR spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy of paramagnetics, spin chemistry, organic (molecular) ferromagnets. Buchachenko is one of the founders and leaders of spin chemistry. He discovered magnetic isotope effect, a new remarkable phenomenon of fundamental importance for chemistry, geochemistry, physics and biology. He observed microwave emission generated by chemical reactions (chemical maser, 1978) and formulated principles of chemical radiophysics. He is also the author of the radio induced magnetic isotope effect and spin catalysis. He has contributed new ideas in design and synthesis of molecular ferromagnets.
Anatoly Buchachenko is a Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the State Prize of the FSU for science (1977); the Lenin Prize, the highest Award for science in the FSU (1986); the Voevodsky Award (1997); National Prize for Education Activity (2002) and National Prize Triumph for the highest achievements in science (2008).
His scientific family includes more than 50 post-doctoral fellows, post-graduate students and visiting associates. He was a member of the Advisory Board in Chemical Physics Letters, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Russian Chemical Reviews, Editor-in-Chief of Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry, Focus on Physics and has authored more than 700 books and papers.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Beauty and Fascination of Science
Authors: Anatoly L. Buchachenko
Translated by: Vitaly Berdinskiy, Katsuya Inoue
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2592-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2591-9Published: 15 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2594-0Published: 15 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-2592-6Published: 14 July 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 186
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Chemistry/Food Science, general, Physics, general, Life Sciences, general, Philosophy, general, Science, multidisciplinary