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autobiography
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George A. Olah
Magic acids
methane
Nobel Prize Winner
oil
research
Product details
- ISBN 9781118840030
- Weight: 585g
- Dimensions: 160 x 241mm
- Publication Date: 19 Jun 2015
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The autobiography of a Nobel Prize winner, this book tells us about George Olah's fascinating research into extremely strong superacids and how it yielded the common term "magic acids." Olah guides us through his long and remarkable journey, from Budapest to Cleveland to Los Angeles, with a stopover in Stockholm. This updated autobiography of a Nobel Prize winner George A. Olah:
- Chronicles the distinguished career of a chemist whose work in a broad range of chemistry areas, and most notably that in methane chemistry, led to technologies that impact the processing and utility of alternative fuels
- Is based on Olah's work on extremely strong superacids and how they yielded the common term, "magic acids"
- Details events since the publication of the first edition in 2000
- Inspires readers with details on Dr. Olah's successful recent research on methanol, intended to help provide a solution to "the oil problem"
GEORGE A. OLAH, PhD, was awarded the undivided 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is the Founding Director of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Thomas Mathew, PhD, is a Senior Scientist and long-time close associate of Professor George A. Olah at the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute.
