From small organic molecules to large : a century of progress
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From small organic molecules to large : a century of progress
（Profiles, pathways, and dreams : autobiographies of eminent chemists）
American Chemical Society, 1993
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Herman Mark was internationally known for his research on the synthesis, structure, characterization, reactions, and properties of natural and synthetic polymers. In this volume he describes not only his research contributions, but also his First World War adventures (he was the most highly decorated Austrian officer, with fourteen medals for bravery), the nature of his survival and escape from the Nazis to the United States via Canada, and his various contributions
to the Allied effort during World War II. The volume is rich with photographs covering Mark's nearly 100 years.
Table of Contents
- Childhood, adolescence and World War I
- chemistry study in Vienna
- the move to Berlin-Dahlem
- early studies with natural fibers
- quantum physics and Albert Einstein
- I.G. Farben, Ludwigshafen on the Rhine
- academic contact
- further studies with cellulose
- studies with rubber and synthetic polymers
- some digressions
- comfirming the existence of co-valent long-chain molecules
- the looming Nazi threat
- University of Vienna
- concept of macromolecules
- Nazi threat and subsequent emigration
- Canada
- Brooklyn in the war years and early-post-war period
- Weizmann Institute
- other international associations
- the Institute of Polymer Research and recent years
- my philosophical outlook.
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