Autobiography of an Analytical Chemist

A time to remember. The autobiography of a chemist

therefore indirectly influenced Darwin himself. Apart from any connexion with Darwin, this essay is important as the most recent study of this Italian geologist, a distinguished scientist in his own right. Pancaldi clearly outlines Brocchi's work and opinions, and his approach to such thinkers as Lamarck and Bonnet. Especially relevant is the basic incompatibility noted by Brocchi between the c...

Multivariate calibration What is in chemometrics for the analytical chemist?

Chemometrics has been used for some 30 years but there is still need for disseminating the potential benefits to a wider audience. In this paper, we claim that proper analytical chemistry (1) must in fact incorporate a chemometric approach and (2) that there are several significant advantages of doing so. In order to explain this, an indirect route will be taken, where the most important benefi...

An Autobiography of Polyadi Algebras

An autobiography of Polyadic Algebras

In the 1950’s I set out to revolutionize logic. I didn’t succeed (not yet!), but it wasn’t for want of trying. Logic has always fascinated me. In the common-sense sense of the word logic was easy; I had no inclination to commit the obvious errors of reasoning, and long chains of deductions were not intimidating. When I was told about syllogisms, I said “sure, obviously”, and didn’t feel that I ...

The Autobiography of W.E.B. DuBois: An Analysis