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- catalog abstract "In 1966, it was an amusing idea. In September 1985, it was a ball of paper and sticky tape, the result of six days of intense scientific discussion and one moment of inspiration. Five years later it was finally real: a perfectly symmetrical soccer-ball shaped molecule composed of 60 carbon atoms and called buckminsterfullerene. This new molecule - one of a large family of carbon cage molecules called 'fullerenes' - represents a new form of carbon in addition to diamond and graphite. Its discovery has revolutionized our understanding of this once most familiar of all elements. It has heralded a new chemistry, a new range of high-temperature superconductors, and some marvellous new concepts in the architecture of large carbon structures. Carbon will never be the same again. In Perfect symmetry, prize-winning science writer Jim Baggott tells the story of the accidental discovery of buckminsterfullerene, from its origins in the cold chemistry of interstellar clouds to the development of the fast-growing field of fullerene science. It is a story full of surprises.".
- catalog contributor b7152387.
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "In 1966, it was an amusing idea. In September 1985, it was a ball of paper and sticky tape, the result of six days of intense scientific discussion and one moment of inspiration. Five years later it was finally real: a perfectly symmetrical soccer-ball shaped molecule composed of 60 carbon atoms and called buckminsterfullerene. This new molecule - one of a large family of carbon cage molecules called 'fullerenes' - represents a new form of carbon in addition to diamond and graphite. Its discovery has revolutionized our understanding of this once most familiar of all elements. It has heralded a new chemistry, a new range of high-temperature superconductors, and some marvellous new concepts in the architecture of large carbon structures. Carbon will never be the same again. In Perfect symmetry, prize-winning science writer Jim Baggott tells the story of the accidental discovery of buckminsterfullerene, from its origins in the cold chemistry of interstellar clouds to the development of the fast-growing field of fullerene science. It is a story full of surprises.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog description "pt. I. From space to symmetry. 1. The last great problem in astronomy. 2. Some kind of junk. 3. Welcome to the machine. 4. The Lone Ranger. 5. Buckminsterfullerene -- pt. II. From symmetry to substance. 6. Form and geometry. 7. The fullerene zoo. 8. Pathological science. 9. A crazy idea. 10. Fullerite. 11. The one-line proof. 12. There's lots of it to go around -- pt. III. From substance to science. 13. Chemistry of the spheres. 14. Superconducting fullerides. 15. Shifting the carbon paradigm. 16. Still the last great problem in astronomy -- Appendix. Molecular spectroscopy: windows on the microworld.".
- catalog extent "ix, 315 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Perfect symmetry.".
- catalog identifier "0198557906".
- catalog isFormatOf "Perfect symmetry.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Perfect symmetry.".
- catalog subject "546/.68142 20".
- catalog subject "Buckminsterfullerene.".
- catalog subject "QD181.C1 B28 1994".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. From space to symmetry. 1. The last great problem in astronomy. 2. Some kind of junk. 3. Welcome to the machine. 4. The Lone Ranger. 5. Buckminsterfullerene -- pt. II. From symmetry to substance. 6. Form and geometry. 7. The fullerene zoo. 8. Pathological science. 9. A crazy idea. 10. Fullerite. 11. The one-line proof. 12. There's lots of it to go around -- pt. III. From substance to science. 13. Chemistry of the spheres. 14. Superconducting fullerides. 15. Shifting the carbon paradigm. 16. Still the last great problem in astronomy -- Appendix. Molecular spectroscopy: windows on the microworld.".
- catalog title "Perfect symmetry : the accidental discovery of Buckminsterfullerene / Jim Baggott.".
- catalog type "text".