1 From Coello to Inorganic Coordination Chemistry.- My Parents.- The Early Years.- Coello Elementary School.- Christopher Community High School (CCHS).- Southern Illinois Normal (SIN) in Carbondale.- University of Illinois (UI) in Champaign-Urbana.- Graduate Days at the University of Illinois.- Industrial Research—Rohm & Haas (R&H).- 2 Mary, the Children, and Me.- Home in Evanston.- Sabbatical Year in Denmark.- Back Home in Evanston.- Sabbatical in Rome.- 3 Faculty Position at Northwestern University (NU).- September 1946.- Some Northwestern History.- Teaching.- Research.- Chairman of the Chemistry Department.- 4 Other Activities.- National Academy of Sciences (NAS).- American Chemical Society (ACS).- Gordon Research Conferences (GRC).- International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC).- Funding Agencies.- 5 Countries and Chemists Visited.- Italy.- People’s Republic of China.- Germany.- Australia.- Kuwait.- 6 Foreign Guests Hosted.- J. K. Beattie.- P. Dwyer.- F. Lions.- A. M. Sargeson.- V. Gutman.- S. Asperger.- A. A. Vl?ek.- C. E. Schäffer.- C. K. Jorgensen.- M. Becke-Goehring.- E. O. Fischer.- W. Klemm.- V. Balzani.- I. Bertini.- F. Calderazzo.- A. Ceccon.- I. L. Fragala.- R. Romeo.- D. A. Buckingham.- R Sobota.- B. J. Trzebiatowski.- M. E. Vol’pin.- L. G. Sillén.- G. Schwarzenbach.- L. Venanzi.- K. B. Yatsimeski.- C. Addison.- J. Chatt.- H. J. Emeleus.- J. Lewis.- R. S. Nyholm.- A. J. Poë.- M. D. Johnson.- 7 Emeritus Professor.- Basolo Award Medal.- Honors.- Dedications, Memberships, and Publications.- Other Co-Authors.- Ph.D. Students.- Postdoctorates.- Service to Chemistry.- The Dream Team of NATO Workshop, 1972.- Countries Visited.- Academic Family Tree of Fred Basolo.- Name Index.
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From the reviews:
"This is a story, told engagingly by one of the greatest inorganic
chemists of the 20th century, about love of family, friends, and
the joy of doing science. Fred Basolo introduces us to the world of
coordination chemistry through his own close associations and
collaborations with other pioneers of the field, and he shares with
us his many exciting experiences both in research and teaching. It
is a wonderful story that chemists young and old will greatly
enjoy. Those of us lucky enough to say that he was our teacher will
recognize that, once again, he is teaching, but now on a grander
scale. His biography is a must read for any and all who have ever
experienced the thrill of doing chemistry."
(Professor Harry Gray, California Institute of Technology)
"This book is delightful, attractive, and instructive. Fred Basolo
guides the reader from the beginning of his career as a graduate
student at the University of Illinois to his professorship at
Northwestern University. A large portion of inorganic chemistry was
initiated by Fred's group at Northwestern. Young chemists have a
great deal to learn from this book, and less young ones have a
unique opportunity to get acquainted with, or remember, important
details and to detect sometimes unsuspected connections between
scientifically related facts. Highly recommended reading."
(Professor Fausto Calderazzo, Università di Pisa, Italy)
"The book is enthusiastically recommended to chemists, both young
and established, particularly to inorganic chemists and historians
of chemistry[...] Attractively produced autobiography[...] "
(Inorganica Chimica Acta, 342, 2003)
"The book is remarkably free of typographical error, but perhaps
"Workship" on p. 230 is intentional. It is said that to write a
research paper entails `telling a story' - this fascinating book
shows that Fred is an accomplished storyteller."
(A.B.P. Lever in CoordinationChemistry Reviews, 247, 2003)
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