Voyage Through Time: Walks of Life to the Nobel PrizeWorld Scientific, 2002 - Počet stran: 287 From a beginning in an Egyptian delta town and the port of Alexandria to the scenic vistas of sunny southern California, Ahmed Zewail takes us on a voyage through time ? his own life and the split-second world of the femtosecond. In this endearing expos of his life and work until his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 1999, he draws lessons from his life story so far, and he meditates on the impact which the revolution in science has had on our modern world ? in both developed and developing countries. What makes the book enchanting and engaging is Zewail's emphasis on the human dimension and his unique ability to paint the journey of Life and Science with insightful analogies and ingenious metaphors.But this inspiring book goes far beyond the usual province of an autobiography. Zewail integrates the two worlds he equally belongs to ? Egypt and America ? and, despite differences, he emphasizes the confluence of the two cultures ? the East and the West. He rejects the view that the current state of the world is due to a clash of civilizations or a conflict of religions, and suggests a concrete course of action for the world of the have-nots. The book ends with his road map for a partnership between developed and developing worlds. Throughout the book, Zewail takes on the mantle of philosopher, historian and even political and economic adviser. |
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Prologue | 1 |
1 First Steps On the Banks of the Nile | 11 |
2 The Gate to Science The Alexandria Years | 27 |
3 The American Encounter Independence in Philadelphia | 51 |
4 California Gold From Berkeley to Pasadena | 73 |
5 The Invisible Atom Closeup at Caltech | 99 |
6 The Race against Time Six Millennia to Femtotime | 119 |
7 Time and Matter The Femtouniverse in Perspective | 149 |
10 Walks to the Future My Hope for Egypt and America | 213 |
11 Epilogue SuccessIs There a Formula? | 233 |
Further Readings | 237 |
Appendix | 243 |
Nobel Prize Address by Professor Bengt Norden | 251 |
Nobel Prize Address by Ahmed Zewail | 254 |
Order of the Grand Collar of the Nile Address by Ahmed Zewail | 262 |
New Initiative for Science and Technology in the Twentyfirst Century | 266 |
8 On the Road to Stockholm Festivities and Fairy Tales | 167 |
9 A Personal Vision The World of the HaveNots | 199 |
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Academy achievements Ahmed Zewail Alexandria University Alhazen American Arab world asked atoms award Berkeley billion Cairo California called Caltech camera campus chemical bond chemical reactions coherence concepts conference contributions culture Damanhur Dema Desuq developing countries didn’t discovery dynamics Egypt Egyptian electron ence energy excited experiments faculty femtochemistry femtosecond field friends Galileo gave graduate Grand Collar Hani Hochstrasser honor human Ibn al-Haytham important Institute J.J. Thomson knowledge laboratory laser laureate lectures Linus Pauling Medal Mervat molecular molecules mosque motion mu'id Nabeel Naguib Mahfouz Nile Nobel prize observation Pasadena Penn Philadelphia postdoctoral fellows President Mubarak Prize in Chemistry probe problem Professor pulse quantum received resolution scale science and technology scientific scientists spectroscopy Stockholm structure studies tion transition Umm Kulthum United University of Alexandria