Name: Perfect Symmetry
ISBN: 9780198557906

作者: Jim Baggott
出版社: Oxford University Press
副标题: The Accidental Discovery of Buckminsterful
出版年: 1995-1
页数: 328
定价: USD 23.54
装帧: 精装
ISBN: 9780198557906

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This book tells the fascinating story of the discovery of buckminsterfullerene, a perfectly symmetrical soccer-ball shaped molecule composed of 60 carbon atoms. This new molecule, one of a large family of carbon cage molecules called "fullerenes"--represents a new form of carbon, complementing

such well-known materials as diamond and graphite. Its discovery has revolutionized o...

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作者简介 · · · · · ·

Jim Baggott was born in Southampton, England. After graduating in chemistry and completing a doctorate at Oxford, he worked as a postgraduate research fellow at Oxford and at Stanford University in California.

He returned to England to take up a lectureship in chemistry at the University of Reading. After five years of academic life, he decided on a complete change of career di...

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