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Article: Old Wine, New Flasks: Reflections on Science and Jewish Tradition.(Review)
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- Chemistry and Industry
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- December 7, 1998
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Roald Hoffmann & Shira Leibowitz Schmidt New York: W H Freeman 1997 Ppix+362, [pounds]17.95/$28.95, ISBN 0 7167 2899 0
Roald Hoffmann, the 1981 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, is passionate about chemistry. He wants the public to know more about chemistry and in particular to understand the way chemists think. He has hosted a television series in the US, written various articles and with the artist Vivian Torrance produced 'Chemistry imagined: reflections on science' (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993), a book that combines chemistry, poetry and painting. It is pleasant to read and factual but also poetic, and would appeal to readers with a poetic ...