John Meurig Thomas

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Portraits, Personalities and Presentations at the Royal Institution

Beschreibung

The book presents a selection of the remarkable personalities who have worked at The Royal Institution in London. Many of them revolutionized various facets of science and technology, others were renowned for their general cultural contributions to the arts, literature, drama, anthropology, medicine, music, poetry, politics and religion.

Autor

Sir John Meurig Thomas is Former Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain and the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory, London, and former Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was Head of the Department of Physical Chemistry and Professorial Fellow of King's College, University of Cambridge. John Meurig Thomas was knighted for services to chemistry and the popularisation of science. His biography of Michael Faraday has been translated into Japanese, Chinese and Italian. He has received numerous international and national awards for his work, including the Royal Medal of the Royal Society for his contributions to green chemistry and clean technology. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science, and of the Swedish and Russian Academies of Sciences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9780192898005
• ISBN-10: 0192898000
• Artikelnr.: 61098229