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Instrumentation for a Better Tomorrow:

Proceedings of a Symposium in Honor of Arnold Beckman

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Size: 76 pages, 8 x 10

Publication Year:2006

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Front Matter	i-x
PART I - A Daughter's Remembrances--Pat Beckman	1-6	(skim)
Finding the Sweet Spot of Opportunity--Arnold Thackray	7-16	(skim)
PART II - A Lifetime of Experience in the Growth of Modern Instrumentation for Organic Chemistry--John D. Roberts	17-25	(skim)
Molecular and Systems Biology--Leroy Hood	26-29	(skim)
Compelling Science and Synchrotron X-ray Sources--Gabrielle G. Long	30-35	(skim)
Chemistry at the Nanoscale Frontier--Chad Mirkin	36-38	(skim)
Nanoscale Science and Engineering--Michael L. Roukes	39-42	(skim)
Forensic Science and Technology--Robert E. Gaensslen	43-46	(skim)
Clinical Medicine--T. Vincent Shankey	47-50	(skim)
PART III - The Evolving Relationship Between Instrumentation and Research--A Panel Discussion	51-62	(skim)
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies	63-66	(skim)

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On November 15, 2004, the National Academies sponsored a symposium at the Beckman Center in honor of Arnold O. Beckman. The symposium concentrated on the wide-ranging practical applications of scientific instrumentation as was the focus of much of Arnold Beckman s career. The report begins with two presentations: a remembrance by Arnold Beckman s daughter, Pat, and an overview of his life and accomplishments by Arnold Thackray, President of the Chemical Heritage Foundation. The next section contains presentations on the application of instrumentation in seven, diverse areas: organic chemistry, molecular and systems biology, synchrotron x-ray sources, nanoscale chemistry, forensics, and clinical medicine. Finally, there is a summary of a panel discussion on the evolving relationship between instrumentation and research.

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