{"product_id":"9781118840030","title":"A Life of Magic Chemistry Autobiographical Reflections Including Post-Nobel Prize Years and the Methanol Economy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eA Life of Magic Chemistry\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAutobiographical Reflections Including Post-Nobel Prize Years and the Methanol Economy\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGeorge A. Olah | Thomas Mathew\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Chemistry \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe 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:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eChronicles 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIs based on Olah's work on extremely strong superacids and how they yielded the common term, \"magic acids\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetails events since the publication of the first edition in 2000\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInspires readers with details on Dr. Olah's successful recent research on methanol, intended to help provide a solution to \"the oil problem\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEORGE A. OLAH, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003ewas 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Mathew, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e, is a Senior Scientist and long-time close associate of Professor George A. Olah at the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 May 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118840030\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e336\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378669940876,"sku":"9781118840030","price":77.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118840030_6b5d7662-72dc-4962-94a5-fc150187c524.jpg?v=1780145549","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781118840030","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}