Chemical Creativity: Ideas from the Work of Woodward, Hückel, Meerwein and Others

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Where are the origins of chemical ideas? How did the pioneers in chemistry recognize the fundamental intellectual issues of their time? What skills of reasoning and experiment did they use to solve these problemes? How did the circumstances of personality and competition influence their careers and scientific accomplishments? If we can answer these questions, we may be able to improve our own chances of success in research.

»This is a marvelous book of people and chemical ideas! The author, Jerry Berson, is known as a chemical stylist, a physical organic chemist possessed of the highest analytical powers. In a unique approach to the history of chemistry (indeed the history of science) he brings that style, as well as his insider's knowledge and a perceptive sensivity to the societal setting of chemists, to the analysis of some key chapters in modern organic chemistry.« Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Laureate

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For chemists only.......2000-01-07

Although it is an excellent book in many respects, it doesn't really tackle the whole issue of creativity. Non-chemists be warned! This book is intended for professional chemists and any non-chemists (or even lapsed chemists) will find much of this book is totally unreadable. A great pity.

A good historical look at the most important chemists.......1999-08-13

J. Berson touches on the most important and influential chemists of the history. Although a well written book, it did lack some detail and more recent discoveries using these influences. However, the book did contain enough information to keep the reader interested without getting too technical, ie. no Ph.D necessary to understand his work. I recomend this book as a creativity booster for those graduate students in chemistry who are still trying to find their way.

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"An exceptionally complete overview. There are numerous examples and the emphasis is on applications to almost all areas of science and engineering. There is truly something for everyone here. This reviewer feels that it is a very hard act to follow, and recommends it strongly. [This book] is a jewel." ---Applied Mechanics Review (Review of First Edition)

This expanded and revised second edition is a comprehensive and systematic treatment of linear and nonlinear partial differential equations and their varied applications. Building upon the successful material of the first book, this edition contains updated modern examples and applications from areas of fluid dynamics, gas dynamics, plasma physics, nonlinear dynamics, quantum mechanics, nonlinear optics, acoustics, and wave propagation. Methods and properties of solutions are presented, along with their physical significance, making the book more useful for a diverse readership.

Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers, Second Edition is an exceptionally complete and accessible text/reference for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in mathematics, physics, and engineering. It may be used in graduate-level courses, as a self-study resource, or as a research reference.

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This satirical Harlem Renaissance-era novel by black conservative intellectual George S. Schuyler (1895-1977), who wrote for the Pittsburgh Courier and contributed to the NAACP's influential Crisis magazine, is a hilariously insightful treatise on the absurdities of racial identity. Dr. Junius Crookman, a Harlem-based African American physician, mysteriously returns from Germany with a formula that can transform black people into whites. "It looked," Schuyler deadpans, "as though science was to succeed where the Civil War failed." One of the first to enlist Dr. Crookman's services is an insurance salesman named Max Disher, who as the white Matthew Fisher is now free to pursue the white women who once rejected him and otherwise bask in Euro-American social privilege (including a top position in a hate group called the Knights of Nordica). Schuyler unveils the futility of this electro-chemical form of "passing" through the emptiness the Disher/Fisher character encounters in the white cultural world, which doesn't measure up to the Harlem nightlife--revealing the poison behind the notion of wanting to be something you're not. --Eugene Holley Jr.

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What would happen to the race problem in America if black people turned white? Would everybody be happy? These questions and more are answered hilariously in Black No More, George S. Schuyler's satiric romp. Black No More is the story of Max Disher, a dapper black rogue of an insurance man who, through a scientific transformation process, becomes Matthew Fisher, a white man. Matt dreams up a scam that allows him to become the leader of the Knights of Nordica, a white supremacist group, as well as to marry the white woman who rejected him when he was black. Black No More is a hysterical exploration of race and all its self-serving definitions. If you can't beat them, turn into them.
Ishmael Reed, one of today's top black satirists and the author of Mumbo Jumbo and Japanese by Spring, provides a spirited Introduction.

The fertile artistic period now known as the Harlem Renaissance (1920- 1930) gave birth to many of the world-renowned masters of black literature and is the model for today's renaissance of black writers.

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Life is a Con.......2003-06-08

George Schuyler's (1895-1977) novel, Black No More, is a deliciously wicked satire on 1920s American racial mores. First published in 1931, it was initially reissued during the late 1980s as part of The Northeastern Library of Black Literature.

Like many satires, Black No More takes a common, controversial idea, gives it form in flesh and blood, and plays it out to its logical conclusion: "What if white America didn't have any more negroes to kick around?"

This idea is realized by "Dr. Junius Crookman" (most of the characters have similarly "subtle" names), who invents an operation for turning black folks white. In lightning speed, the nation becomes monochromatic, as its entire black population "disappears."

No lack of comic -- and dramatic -- complications ensue, when it becomes clear that the operation doesn't change the genetic program for the pigmentation of one's offspring.

George Schuyler worked from a few basic premises: Most of humanity is a damned sight closer to the Devil than to the angels; most men are con artists; and the few who truly believe in anything are even worse!

For Schuyler, W.E.B. DuBois' (1868-1963) "talented tenth" of bourgeois negro society was of no more help to the average black than were the leaders of the racist, white order. Indeed, Schuyler saw those who made a living railing against Jim Crow as having the strongest interest in its preservation: every lynching brought in more money from rich, white reformers.

Thinly veiled caricatures portray DuBois ("Dr. Shakespeare Agamemnon Beard") as a hypocrite, and Marcus Garvey (1887-1940; "Santop Licorice"), the founder of the "Back-to-Africa" movement, as a common swindler (for which Garvey was, in fact, convicted in 1920, and deported in 1924).

For Schuyler, black nationalist rhetoric was merely a smokescreen to obscure its practitioners' class contempt for their erstwhile constituents, whose pockets they were busy picking. (Has anything changed in the meantime?!)

Down deep, Schuyler says, we're all the same -- and God save us! Ultimately, he surmises, if there weren't a color line, men would have had to invent one! His metaphor for American race relations was that of an "insane asylum." (Already during the 1920s -- 60 years before Dinesh D'Souza -- Schuyler had written a pamphlet arguing that total miscegenation, eliminating all distinct races, was the sole cure for America's racial madness.)

Though many of Schuyler's characters are -- as per his genre -- stereotypes, the central pair of "Max Discher/Matthew Fisher" and "Bunny Brown" are as engaging a couple of rogues as any you're likely to be fleeced by, this side of Rudyard Kipling or Chester Himes, their banter generously peppered with the black vernacular of the day.

George Schuyler was a great lover of science fiction, especially the then stupendously popular novels of H.G. Wells. He is the only notable black American novelist to smoothly incorporate science fiction motifs into his work. (To Samuel R. Delany fans: I said "notable" and "smoothly.")

In addition to Schuyler's great story, there are two other reasons for reading Black No More.

First, as by far the most influential black newspaperman this nation has ever seen, George Schuyler bestrode the negro press, and thus, negro America, like a colossus.

From 1924-1966, Schuyler worked at black America's most influential newspaper, the Pittsburgh Courier. But George Schuyler didn't "write" for the Courier; he WAS the Courier. He wrote the weekly, unsigned house editorial; a weekly column, News and Views; wired in scoops and exposes from around America and the world so amazing as to catch the attention of the day's most respected, white newspapers, who also published his work; penned the pseudonymous, serialized pulp novels and short stories that were the Courier's most popular features; and engaged other prominent contemporaries to write for the Courier. It was Schuyler, for instance, who engaged pop historian J.A. Rogers to write the Courier's immensely popular feature on black history. The various strategies of silence and misrepresentation, which are today used (for instance, by alleged journalist Jill Nelson and by Henry Louis Gates Jr.) to erase or diminish Schuyler's legacy, belong to contemporary black studies and black journalism's many scandals.

The second reason for reading Black No More (together with the serialized novels published in book form as Black Empire) is for Schuyler's role as unwitting intellectual godfather of the Nation of Islam. The Nation stole its theory of the "myth of Yacub," which claims that the white man was created 6,000 years ago by an evil black scientist, from Schuyler's Black No More, except that the Nation, as was its wont, turned Schuyler's story on its head. (Schuyler, for his part, was reworking H.G. Wells' story, The Island of Dr. Moreau.)

So read Black No More, enjoy some belly laughs, and learn some history in the bargain.

Black No More has an overly informative foreword by James A. Miller, which is best read as an afterword (so as not to ruin your enjoyment of the book), to clarify historical questions.

Originally published in 1992 in A Different Drummer magazine.

Wonderful and thought provoking.......2002-07-08

In my search for quality books written by black writers, I stumbled upon BLACK NO MORE and I am so glad that I did. This is a relatively small book, but probably one of the most thought provoking books that I've ever read. It forces you to look at the power of racisim in all of its incarnations, whether it is being imposed on black people from white people or if it is imposed on blacks from their own people. I think that George Schuyler is one of the most unsung heroes of African American literature and all people (especially Black people) should find the time to read his work. I'm currently purchasing anything I can find that he has written.

What it means to be black in America.......2001-07-09

Schuyler may have been a conservative, but his novel is as forward-think today as it had been decades ago. His insightful, satirical, and at times, funny writing, made me think about the meaning of black nationalism and Martin Delaney's comment about blacks being "a nation within a nation". African-Americans have been a critical part of American history, and to suddenly eradicate them from them makes me wonder what America really is about. Everyone should read this book. It will remind them what it means to be, not just an African-American, but an American.

i normally don't think much of conservatives.........2001-03-02

especially black ones, but this book hits the mark in race relations, about how blacks and whites really feel about each other and how much we need each other( whether we want to admit it or not !) this book was light years ahead of other black novels when it was first published and can hold its own against any black novel published today . a black man makes himself white in order to get the woman he loves...what a man will do for love !

Excellent, Timely Satire.......2000-11-22

It seems as if George Schuyler and Spike Lee are kindred spirits, it would be interesting to see what the modern-day director and satirist would do with this 1931 satire of Blacks who become White and the outrageous consequences! If Schuyler were alive (he died in 1976), he'd get two high-fives and a "YOU GO, BOY!" from me!

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Sin No More
Kimberla Lawson Roby
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Release Date: 2008-01-22

Donald Writes No More: A Biography of Donald Goines

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In-House Bio, Only So-So
Eddie Stone "Don't Know Much About Geography"
I ALREADY READ HIS BOOKS!
This is nothing but a review of his work! Not his life
This is nothing but a review of his work! Not his life

Donald Writes No More: A Biography of Donald Goines
Eddie Stone
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Donald Goines was all of these things. He started as a kid, the product of a middle-class family. After high school he joined the Navy, and discovered the heroin that would rule the remainder of his life. On the streets, he turned to writing when he was straight enough to keep at it. He used the language of the streets and wrote of the streets and its people. His success was immediate and exciting, But eventually the streets claimed him. He was murdered as he sat writing a new book. Here for the first time is the completed story.

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In-House Bio, Only So-So.......2007-08-19

This is a very ordinary in-house biography of the legendary street writer Donald Goines. The book came out shortly after Goines's death (in 1974) and was commissioned by his very own publisher (Holloway House), likely as a means of capitalizing on their star author's underground fame.

Some corporate bias is evident here, with the biographer Eddie Stone extolling Holloway House's role in Goines's life. Moreover, Stone's glossing of each novel's plot can get tiresome -- it's like having to listen to a high-school book report on Kenyatta when in fact you'd rather just read about Kenyatta himself.

Check out Eddie Allen's more recent Low Road (2004) for a far more balanced account of Goines's life.

Eddie Stone "Don't Know Much About Geography".......2004-05-25

A decent read, but I couldn't get past Stone's references to Lake Michigan. "Gray clouds covering Detroit from Lake Michigan", "A cold wind blowing off Lake Michigan", "It was a cold day on the shores of Lake Michigan." What the heck was Stone talking about? The City of Detroit is about as close to Lake Michigan as Phoenix, Arizona is to the Pacific Ocean. There's a Detroit RIVER...and there's Lake Huron and Lake Erie....but it takes a few hours and a few hundred miles to get to Lake Michigan from Detroit. If he couldn't get THAT right, I have to wonder about the rest of his research...

I ALREADY READ HIS BOOKS!.......2003-08-25

THIS BOOK HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LIFE OF DONALD GOINES. THE BOOK GAVE SUMMARIES OF ALL HIS BOOKS. THIS BOOK DID GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW HE GREW UP AND HOW HE WAS KILLED. OTHER THAN THAT THE BOOK WAS JUST GIVING YOU SUMMARIES OF HIS BOOKS. MAYBE THE PERSON WHO WROTE THIS BOOK SHOULD HAVE KNEW ENOUGH ABOUT DONALD GOINES TO WRITE ABOUT HIM. THE BOOK DID NOT TELL WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS KIDS AFTER HIM AND HIS WIFE WERE KILLED. THE BOOK DID NOT TELL WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS MOTHER OR SISTERS. I JUST THINK SOMEONE ELSE NEED TO GIVE US A BIOGRAPHY OF THE BEST AUTHOR EVER!

This is nothing but a review of his work! Not his life.......2001-11-06

This book was poorly written with more input from the deceased. Stone fails to capture the life of Mr. Goines, he goes into a brief description of his fathers history, he only touches on the disintegration of his family because of his drugs, but fails to show why he keeps such a strong sense of family. He never touches on his relationships with family members, he constantly goes on tangents losing you with his personal opinions that he associates with different excerpts from different books written by Goines, that in turn make unneccesary paragraphs. He dedicates almost nothing to his wife or many children he has with different women, consequently he never even mentions his many encounters with women but at the end of the book he just casually mentions his other children. Stone down plays the different characters who shaped his life and his habit. He only goes into depth about several pimping incidents Goines runs into during his life. This book was horrible and grossly misleading for an biography and I hope Mr. Stone stays far away from destroying anyone elses biography.

This is nothing but a review of his work! Not his life.......2001-11-06

Teen Titans Spotlight on Starfire #2 (Black and White Conclusion!)

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Teen Titans Spotlight on Starfire #2 (Black and White Conclusion!)
Marv Wolfman
Manufacturer: DC Comics
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Binding: Comic
ASIN: B000VKYE9W

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Teen Titans Spotlight on Starfire #2. Apartheid No More! Conclusion. September 1986.

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Advanced Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Practice.......2004-07-14

Written for the business bankruptcy specialist, this two-volume set offers an unsurpassed compilation of Chapter 11 statute and case law analysis prepared by some of the country's leading bankruptcy experts. Advanced Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Practice, Second Edition covers such areas as:

Interim operation procedures and automatic stays
The pitfalls surrounding settlement of stay relief litigation
The treatment of intellectual property
Bankruptcy and retiree benefits
Release of guarantors

Payment of interest on secured claims
Cross-border insolvencies
Plus, a section on the special issues in railroad, airline, agriculture, and environmental reorganizations

Advanced Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Practice.......2004-07-14

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This digital document is an article from SAM Advanced Management Journal, published by Society for the Advancement of Management on March 22, 1992. The length of the article is 3226 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Chapter 11 bankruptcy provides a financially troubled company protection from its creditors while it reorganizes. Restructuring involves determing who, how and when the the bankrupt firm will pay. Chapter 11, however, changes the priorities of the organization that files for it. Bankruptcy law mandates that firms put the interests of creditors above those of their shareholders. Compliance to this rule may be done in various ways. One approach is adopting a new standard of conduct for corporate officers and directors that considers their fiduciary duty. A second approach is getting the bankruptcy court's approval of firm's business decisions to ensure the protection of creditor interests. Chapter 11 bankruptcy may seem burdensome, but it is often the only way out of the financial crisis that many companies find themselves in.

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Title: Resuscitating the comatose firm: changing management responsibilities under Chapter 11.
Author: Michael Minor
Publication: SAM Advanced Management Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1992
Publisher: Society for the Advancement of Management
Volume: v57 Issue: n2 Page: p29(5)

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Advanced Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Salerno
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Advanced Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Practice/1994 Supplement

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Advanced Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Practice/1994 Supplement
Thomas J. Salerno
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