Roald Hoffmann on the philosophy, art, and science of chemistry
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
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- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction, by Michael Weisberg and Jeffrey Kovac.
- 1 Trying to Understand, Making Bonds, by Roald Hoffmann
- Part 1: Chemical Reasoning and Explanation
- 2. Why Buy That Theory?, by Roald Hoffmann.
- 3. What Might Philosophy of Science Look Like If Chemists Built It?, by Roald Hoffmann
- 4. Unstable, by Roald Hoffmann
- 5. Nearly Circular Reasoning, by Roald Hoffmann
- 6. Ockham's Razor and Chemistry, by Roald Hoffmann, Vladimir I. Minkin, and Barry K. Carpenter
- 7. Qualitative Thinking in the Age of Modern Computational Chemistry, or What Lionel Salem Knows, by Roald Hoffmann
- 8. Narrative, by Roald Hoffmann
- 9. Learning from Molecules in Distress, by Roald Hoffmann and Henning Hopf
- 10. Why Think Up New Molecules? by Roald Hoffmann
- 11. Protean, by Roald Hoffmann and Pierre Laszlo
- 12. How Should Chemists Think? by Roald Hoffmann
- Part 2: Writing and Communicating in Chemistry
- 13. Under the Surface of the Chemical Article, by Roald Hoffmann
- 14. Representation in Chemistry, by Roald Hoffmann and Pierre Laszlo
- 15. The Say of Things, by Roald Hoffmann and Pierre Laszlo
- 16. How Symbolic and Iconic Languages Bridge the Two Worlds of the Chemist: A Case Study from Contemporary Bioorganic Chemistry, by Emily R. Grosholz and Roald Hoffmann
- 17 How Nice to Be an Outsider, by Roald Hoffmann
- 18. The Metaphor, Unchained, by Roald Hoffmann,
- Part 3: Art and Science
- 19. Art in Science? by Roald Hoffmann
- 20. Science and Crafts by Roald Hoffmann
- 21. Molecular Beauty, by Roald Hoffmann
- Part 4 Chemical Education
- 22. Teach to Search by Roald Hoffmann
- 23. Some Heretical Thoughts on What Our Students Are Telling Us, by Roald Hoffmann and Brian P. Coppola
- 24 Very Specific Teaching Strategies, and Why They Work, by Roald Hoffmann and Saundra Y. McGuire
- Part 5 Ethics in Science
- 25. Mind the Shade, by Roald Hoffmann
- 26. Science and Ethics: A Marriage of Necessity and Choice for this Millennium," by Roald Hoffmann
- 27. Honesty to the Singular Object, by Roald Hoffmann
- 28. The Material and Spiritual Rationales Are Inseparable, by Roald Hoffmann
- Index.