Title:
Visions of the future : chemistry and life science
JLCTITLE245:
edited by J.M.T. Thompson.
Publication Information:
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Physical Description:
viii, 199 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780521805391
Abstract:
"Leading young scientists, many holding prestigious Royal Society Research Fellowships, describe their research and give their visions of the future. The articles, which have been re-written in a popular and well-illustrated style, are derived from scholarly and authoritative papers published in a special Millennium Issue of the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions (used by Newton, this is the world's longest-running scientific journal). The topics, which were carefully selected by the journal's editor, Professor J. M. T. Thompson FRS, include studies of atoms and molecules in motion; new processes and materials; nature's secrets of biological growth and form; progress in understanding the human body and mind. The book conveys the excitement and enthusiasm of the young authors for their work in chemistry and life science. Two companion books cover astronomy and earth science, and physics and electronics. All are definitive reviews for anyone with a general interest in the future directions of science."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author:
Variant Title:
Portion of title: Chemistry and life science
Contents:
Preface / J. M. T. Thompson -- 1. Laser snapshots of molecular motions / Gareth Roberts -- 2. Enzymology takes a quantum leap forward / Michael J. Sutcliffe and Nigel S. Scrutton -- 3. World champion chemists: people versus computers / Jonathan M. Goodman -- 4. Chemistry on the inside: green chemistry in mesoporous materials / Duncan J. Macquarrie -- 5. Diamond thin films: a twenty-first century material / Paul W. May -- 6. The secret of Nature's microscopic patterns / Alan R. Hemsley and Peter C. Griffiths -- 7. Skeletal structure: synthesis of mechanics and cell biology / Marjolein C. H. van der Meulen and Patrick J. Prendergast -- 8. The making of the virtual heart / Peter Kohl, Denis Noble and Raimond L. Winslow / [et al.] -- 9. Exploring human organs with computers / Paul J. Kolston -- 10. Reverse engineering the human mind / Vincent Walsh.