Michael Polanyi and the discovery of co-catalysis: Discussion of an autobiographical letter from Michael Polanyi, FRS to Peter H. Plesch of 17 December 1963
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Michael Polanyi
RECENTLY there fell into my hands by the kindness of its author a book which has revealed to me a new, and I think much better, understanding of the situation we are facing today in consequence of the modern scientific revolution. The author’s name is Josef Pieper, professor of philosophical anthropology at the University of Münster, and his book which so impressed me is entitled Scizolastik. (...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0887-624X,1099-0518
DOI: 10.1002/pola.20036