Mary Ellen Bowden's Books

A companion book to the CHF travelling exhibit by the same name. Describing first the instruments and then the molecules, it shows how instrumentation has helped chemistry and biology merge in the science of molecular biology.

This book was designed to help teachers supplement science curricula with human stories of discovery in the chemical sciences. Chemical Achievers presents the lives and work of two types of achievers. First are the historical greats, those chemical scientists most often referred to in introductory courses. Second are those scientists who made contributions in areas of the chemical sciences that are of special relevance to modern life and the career choices students will make. The human faces summarized in this book range from Robert Boyle to Glenn Seaborg and Stephanie Kwolek. In this lively and comprehensive collection of photographs and biographies, Bowden illuminates how much the chemical sciences owe to the individual achiever. Over 150 images can be easily reproduced as overhead transparencies or other visual teaching aids.

The mysterious conversions that occur between electrical energy and chemical energy have fascinated scientists for centuries; yet only in the last 200 years have investigators come to understand these processes and to apply their enormous potential to practical problems. This book, based on CHF's traveling historical exhibit, celebrates electrochemistry's history and its contributions to modern life.

This is the companion book to the former CHF traveling exhibit by the same name. "This multifaceted portrait of an extraordinary human being, teacher, and consummate organic chemist should inspire more young persons to pursue scientific careers, provide chemists with deep insight into the creative mind of a 'legendary architect of molecules,' and enhance the public's understanding of chemistry and its research methods." - Journal of Chemical Education.

This biographical collection highlights individuals who made outstanding achievements in the arenas of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Pharmaceutical Achievers presents chronologically the major directions of pharmaceutical research and, in their historical context, the breakthroughs in treating various diseases. It concludes with a look at tomorrow's medicines. This work is particularly useful in the classroom, where its accounts of challenges and triumphs may inspire students to consider careers that support pharmaceutical research and development.

A collection of photographs and biographical information intended to help teachers present "the human face of science. ... The format and special binding of the book allow for easy conversion to overhead transparencies."--Cover.

Notable features of the book include an insightful analysis of the parallel trajectories of modern chemistry and physics and the work of scientists - such as John Dalton, Michael Faraday, Hermann von Helmholtz, Marie Curie, Ernest Rutherford, Dorothy Hodgkin, and Linus Pauling - who played prominent roles in the development of both disciplines.

Describes Michael Polanyi's role in the way the philosophy of science was seen as a social enterprise, not relying entirely on empiricism and reason alone.

Book's by Mary Ellen Bowden

Structures of Life

Structures of Life

Chemical Achievers

Chemical Achievers

Chemistry is Electric!

Chemistry is Electric!

Robert Burns Woodward and the Art of Organic Synthesis

Robert Burns Woodward and the Art of Organic Synthesis

Pharmaceutical Achievers

Pharmaceutical Achievers

American Chemical Enterprise

American Chemical Enterprise

Before Big Science

Before Big Science

Michael Polanyi and His Generation

Michael Polanyi and His Generation

Chemical Achievers

Chemical Achievers

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