'Ignition!' by John D. Clark who spent the majority of his career developing rocket propellant - lots of good laughs like spilling 1 tonne of HF.
'Excuse Me Sir, Would you like to buy A Kilo of Isopropyl Bromide' by Max G. Gergel - How he and 1 other guy started Columbia Organic Chemical Company in 1944. It's quite breathtaking that they were prepared to produce the boranes that John D. Clark wanted to use as a propellant.
The 2 books overlap with Clark asking Columbia for all manner of oxidizer and fuels and how John D. Clarke made 100% nitric acid by blowing cold air over a container full of the 90% stuff and collecting (vapor pressure48 mmHg ). Wasteful, yes, but I love those funky insights; to know even the professionals jury rig solutions.
And I have to finish with the 'In The Pipeline' by derek Lowe's monthly piece on modern medicinal chemistry - try seeing if YOU have worked with anything in his 'Things I Won't Work With'
[url]http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/[/url]
I can sincerely promise that these will be the best books you read in a year and the monthly Derek Lowe has links to all previous pieces.
ROFL or your money back
'Excuse Me Sir, Would you like to buy A Kilo of Isopropyl Bromide' by Max G. Gergel - How he and 1 other guy started Columbia Organic Chemical Company in 1944. It's quite breathtaking that they were prepared to produce the boranes that John D. Clark wanted to use as a propellant.
The 2 books overlap with Clark asking Columbia for all manner of oxidizer and fuels and how John D. Clarke made 100% nitric acid by blowing cold air over a container full of the 90% stuff and collecting (vapor pressure48 mmHg ). Wasteful, yes, but I love those funky insights; to know even the professionals jury rig solutions.
And I have to finish with the 'In The Pipeline' by derek Lowe's monthly piece on modern medicinal chemistry - try seeing if YOU have worked with anything in his 'Things I Won't Work With'
[url]http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/[/url]
I can sincerely promise that these will be the best books you read in a year and the monthly Derek Lowe has links to all previous pieces.
ROFL or your money back
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