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What's Cooking in Chemistry?: How Leading Chemists Succeed in the Kitchen by Hubertus P. Bell 9783527326211

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Looking for future employment as a postdoc? Or desperately looking for the perfect present for a chemist friend? Maybe you simply enjoy cooking and reading about current developments in chemistry research?

The first Who's Who in organic chemistry to show what top scientists like to cook - on the bench and on the stove - and how they have made their way. Use K. C. Nicolaou's recipe for fish and chips and read about his scientific work while preparing the meal that helped him finance his studies back in England. Containing more than 50 personal recipes and anecdotes from leading organic chemists, such as Lonely soup (Evans), Wild boar - Tuscan way (Waldmann), and Dulce de Leche (Vollhardt), accompanied by biographies and sketches of their current work, this is an exquisite delicacy for anybody who likes cooking, eating and chemistry.


About the Author
On occasion of the 60th birthday of Professor Lutz Friedjan Tietze his coworkers in the Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry at the University of Gottingen dedicated this cookbook to him. It collects the favorite recipes of more than fifty well-known chemists.

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"Now at last we have the evidence...of what people in the scientific community have long known: creative chemists are successful not only at the bench but also at the kitchen stove. After all, cooking too is an experimental science!
To put in practice the idea of taking a peek into the cooking pots of one's colleagues is something that has long been overdue. It has now become a reality, thanks to collegues of Lutz Tietze in Gottingen on the occasion of his 60th birthday...the result is a very interesting "mixtura mirabilis"...
"What's Cooking in Chemistry" is, of course, neither a chemistry textbook nor a book for the kitchen, nor is it intended to be either. But it is a charming, very personal, collection of "favorite recipes" - mostly good plain fare - presented against the background of the contributors' scientific interests. Chemists will derive pleasure from giving this carefully edited book (which has a good index) to friends and collegues in the scientific community, and thereby also giving pleasure to them.
One should also have a copy in one's own bookshelves, as this charming book may encourage one's acquaintances to look more kindly on a profession that tends to be subconsciously identified with poisons and environmental damage.
Guten Appetit, buon appetito, and enjoy your meal!"
Prof. Gottfried Markl
Universitat Regensburg

"...In summary, a novel, well written and carefully presented book. Quite aside from its obvious use as a source of valuable biographic, scientific and culinary information and providing additional criteria for the selection of interesting places to do a post-doc or sabbatical, its reasonable price make book just the gift for that hard to please scientist on your list."
The Alchemist - The ChemWeb Magazine

"This is a cookbook, and one that is both serious and fun. The serious part comes from the scientific sketches of 56 professors from around the world who provide an overview of their research as well as their favorite recipes. Some of these recipes are very good, and readers will delight in preparing them. Even people who are not handy in the kitchen will like this book because it's fun to read the sometimes amusing commentare by the authors, who provide background on the origins of the recipes or the regions where the dishes are traditionally served.
I would recommend this book for the serious chemists and cooks in your life. Its a great gift for any occasion. Nonchemists may even learn some serious chemistry from the sketches for each other."
C&EN: Books . Aout of the Pan and into the fire

"...recommend this book for the serious chemist and cooks in your life...a great gift for any occasion..."
Chemical and Engineering News, Vol 82(04) Jan 2004

"This book should be enjoyed by those who like to read while they are cooking, or cook while they are reading. It helps to show that even famous chemists are real people who have lives outside the laboratory, appreciate the good things of life, and have highly tuned taste buds.
I would recommend a meal consisting of the Erick Carreira starter, followed by a main course from Reinhard Hoffmann, before finishing up with Peter Wipf's dessert. Bon appetit!"
Chemistry World

"... a welcome addition to the genre (of the science of cooking) and we recommend it..."
The Chemical Educator

"Nun haben wirs - leider nur schwarz auf weiss - was in der Scientific Community langst bekannt ist: Kreative Chemiker sind nicht nur an der "bench" erfolgreich, sie sind es auch am hauslichen Herd. Kochen ist schliesslich auch eine experimentelle Wissenschaft! Die Idee, den Kollegen in ihre Kochtoepfe zu gucken, war langst uberfallig. Mitarbeiter von Lutz Tietze in Goettingen haben sie jetzt, anlasslich seines 60. Geburtstages, Wirklichkeit werden lassen. Interviewt wurden 30 Chemiker und 2 (!) Chemikerinnen, herausgekommen ist eine uberaus interessante "mixtura mirabilis".
Wird das Buch der Leitidee "Whats cooking in chemistry?" gerecht? Es sind vertreten 22 "Meisterkoeche" aus den USA, 19 aus Deutschland, 6 aus Italien, der Rest der Welt aber nur mit 8 maitres de cuisine. Es drangt sich der Verdacht auf, dass die Summe der Leistungen im Labor und in der Kuche stimmen musste. So kann man K. C. Nicolaou nachsehen, wenn der Bezwinger des Vanconmycins oder des Brevetoxins als wissenschaftliche Mount Everests "fish and chips" serviert; Groesse im Labor und Bescheidenheit auf dem Teller sind eben nicht inkompatible! ...Trotz der etwas unausgewogenen Konzentration auf die USA, Deutschland und Italien tut sich auch bei "Whats cooking" eine uberraschende Vielfalt auf. Pasta in vielen Variationen, Kanguru, Wildente, Wildschwein und eine "Schalentierkatastrophe" (Austern, Muscheln und Shrimps) liegen auf den Tellern. Auch Folklore kommt aus den Toepfen: Kaiserschmarrn (Emperor Nonsens), Powidldatschkerl, Labskaus, Frankfurter Grune Sosse ("Gris Soss"), Tofu Tempura, Ahi Tuna Sashimi Napoleon oder Arzgebirgesche Schuster Kliess. Interessant ist auch, wer wen zu Tisch bittet! Nicht wenige kochen fur Mitarbeiter, einige, um ihre Angebetete zu beeindrucken, ein Prasident kocht fur seine Vizeprasidenten und den Kanzler der Universitat. D. A. Evans prasentiert mit seiner "Lonely Soup" einen "dish for bachelors" und bezeichnet sich als "survival cook". Sind sie ohne die Ehefrauen doch verloren? Bei manchen der "maitres de cuisine" scheint in ihren abschliessenden Kommentaren ein Hauch von Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) "Psychologie des Geschmacks" durch, auch wenn kein Franzose an dem bunten Tafelreigen beteiligt ist. Besonders phantasievolle Kuchenmeister haben zu Ehren des Jubilars Tietze Domino-Gerichte kreiert (Domino Cake, Domino Chicken Curry)...ist naturlich weder ein Lehrbuch fur Chemie noch fur die Kuche - will es auch nicht sein. Aber es ist eine charmante, sehr persoenliche Vorstellung der "favored recipes" - die meist gute Hausmannskost beschreiben - vor dem Hintergund des wissenschaftlichen Werks der Kollegen. Es sollte Freude machen, dieses sehr sorgfalig redigierte und mit einem Index versehene Werk Freunden und Kollegen der Scientific Community zu schenken und damit Freude zu bereiten. Eigentlich sollte es auch im eigenen Bucherschrank stehen , denn einem Berufstand, der im Unterbewusstsein immer noch mit viel Gift und Umweltschaden identifiziert wird, koennte dieses liebenswurdige Buch zu einer freundlicheren Akzeptanz verhelfen."
Prof. Dr. G. Markl, Univ. Regensburg

"Das Buch ist sicher ein pfiffiges Geschenk fur Chemiker und Apotheker, die privat gerne auf den kulinarischen Pfaden ihrer wissenschaftlichen Vorbilder wandeln. Es ist in einer ansprechenden Hard Cover-Ausgabe im renommierten Verlag Wiley-VCH erschienen."
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"UEber 50 Chemiker geben einen kurzen UEberblick uber ihren Lebenslauf, ihre wissenschaftliche Arbeiten und aktuelle Forschung, sowie ihre Lieblingsrezepte. Eine tolle Idee...So international wie die Wissenschaftler, so unterschiedlich sind auch ihre Rezepte. Nur bei ganz wenigen muss man sich beim Einkaufen der Zutaten anstrengen oder sie gar per Luftfracht einfliegen lassen - allerdings weiss ich jetzt, dass mein Supermarkt um die Ecke nicht alles fur "BBQ Kangaroo" vorratig hat."
Laborjournal




Book Information
ISBN 9783527326211
Author Hubertus P. Bell
Format Paperback
Page Count 243
Imprint Blackwell Verlag GmbH
Publisher Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Weight(grams) 485g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 170mm * 20mm

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