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尽管读过了多篇Hoffmann的研究论文,今天重读其在1981年诺奖颁奖仪式的演讲,仍然能够感受到其对Woodward(R. B. W.现代有机化学之父)的深厚情谊以及相似的科研哲学!尤其是最后一句“yet underneath the seeming complexity there must be a deep unity. I think this approach would have pleased R. B. W.”,自己的学生当然知道自己的老师喜欢什么样的研究风格!正如Hoffmann自己讲的只有他自己的学生才知道他是如何扣细节的!还有Hoffmann特有的超长组会(long group meeting),这点好像不对,不应该是Hoffmann特有的,我的学生们也是知道我的超长组会的威力的,尽管这几年强度下降大半。
一句话一个成功的师徒关系就是“先生讲的话就是徒弟要讲的,反之亦然!”如果要测验就看看“先生讲半句,看看下半句徒弟如何讲?用这个方法可以测试一下你们的师徒关系!
真的是感人,“文章以RBW开头,也已RBW结束!”,这个师徒情义极其难得!
这篇文章不仅可以看到大师如何写文章,文章里面透露着自己的独特风格和品味,更重要是科研文化的传承。另外这也是一篇绝佳的化学专业的学生理解基础化学的必备基础读物,任何人读来受益匪浅!精读20遍您将笑傲化学江湖。读这种经典文献,就是最高级的纯粹享受!
参考文献:Building Bridges Between Inorganic and Organic Chemistry (Nobel Lecture),Roald Hoffmann,Angew Chem. Inr. Ed. Engl. 21 (1982) 711-724.
摘要:
Robert B. Woodward, a supreme patterner of chaos, was one of my teachers. I dedicate this lecture to him, for it is our collaboration on orbital symmetry conservation, the electronic factors which govern the course of chemical reactions. which is recognized by half ofthe 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. From Woodward I learned much: the significance of the experimental stimulus to theory, the craft of constructing explanations, and the importance of aesthetics in science. I will try to show you how these characteristics of chemical theory may be applied to the construction of conceptual bridges between inorganic and organic chemistry.
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