OLAH, George A.
Life of Magic Chemistry: Autobiographical Reflections of A Nobel Prize Winner.
First Edition of A Life of Magic Chemistry; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist George Olah
New York: Wiley-Interscience, 2001.
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First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning chemist. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For James with best regards George Olah." In fine condition, without a dust jacket as issued.
How did a young man who grew up in Hungary between the two World Wars go from cleaning rubble and moving pianos at the end of World War II in the Budapest Opera House to winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry? George Olah takes us on a remarkable journey from Budapest to Cleveland to Los Angeles-with a stopover in Stockholm, of course. An innovative scientist, George Olah is truly one of a kind, whose amazing research into extremely strong acids and their new chemistry yielded what is now commonly known as superacidic magic acid chemistry. "Olah's chemistry is as magical as his life..." (New Scientist).
Life of Magic Chemistry: Autobiographical Reflections of A Nobel Prize Winner.
$275.00
Out of Stock
