Pioneering Ideas for the Physical and Chemical Sciences

Josef Loschmidt's Contributions and Modern Developments in Structural Organic Chemistry, Atomistics, and Statistical Mechanics

Proceedings of the Josef Loschmidt Symposium, held June 25 - 27, 1995, in Vienna, Austria

Edited by

W. Fleischhacker
Institute for Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria

and

T. Schönfeld
Institute for Inorganic Chemistry
University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria

Plenum Press - New York and London

CONTENTS

    Organic Structural Chemistry

  1. The Significance of the Hydrogen Bond for Physiology:
    Aromatic Rings as Hydrogen Bond Acceptors* (p. 1)
    Max F. Perutz

  2. Natural Product Structure Elucidation: 1950 -- 2000* (p. 15)
    Carl Djerassi

  3. Conformational Analysis: The Elevation of Two-Dimensional Formulas into the Third Dimension* (p. 25)
    Emest L. Eliel

  4. Thoughts and Experiments on a Chemical Etiology of Nucleic Acid Structure* (p. 41)
    Albert Eschenmoser

  5. Loschmidt's Graphic Formulae of 1861:
    Forerunners of Modern Structural Formulae* (p. 65)
    Alfred Bader

  6. Spheres from Dalton to Loschmidt:
    Insights into the Ways of Thinking of a Genius (p. 81)
    Günter P. Schiemenz

  7. Josef Loschmidt's Last Scientific Publication: "Stereochemische Studien l"† (p. 89)
    Christian R. Noe

  8. Richard Anschütz, Archibald Scott Couper, and Josef Loschmidt† (p. 101)
    Alfred Bader

  9. Organic Chemistry in Austria and Loschmidt's "Chemische Studien" † (p. 109)
    Robert Rosner

  10. Loschmidt and Venn: Symbolic Logic in Chemistry and Mathematics† (p. 119)
    Ian D. Rae

  11. Loschmidt's Achievements and Shortcomings in Elucidating the Structure of Organic Molecules‡ (p. 129)
    Raluca-Silvia Moraru and Edwin Scheiber

  12. Configurational Stability and Reactions of Benzylic Carbanions with an Acyloxy or Dialkylphosphoryloxy Substituent† (p. 133)

    Physics and Physical Chemistry

  13. The Precise Deterrnination of Loschmidt's Number (Avogadro Constant) as a Step towards a Redefinition of the SI Unit of Mass* (p. 139)
    Peter Becker

  14. Loschmidt's Reversibility Argument and the H-Theorem* (p. 153)
    Herbert Spohn

  15. The Arrow of Time: Statistics and the Universe* (p. 159)
    Hermann Bondi

  16. Stability of Matter* (p. 163)
    Walter Thirring

  17. Visualization and Nanomanipulation of Molecules in the Scanning Tunnelling Microscope* (p. 179)
    Wolfgang M. Heckl

  18. Considerations about the "Constitution of the Ether" † (p. 193)
    Viktor Gutmann

  19. Four Papers by Loschmidt on the State of Thermal Equilibrium† (p. 199)
    Dieter Flamm

  20. Loschmidt's Papers "Experimental-Untersuchungen über die Diffusion von Gasen ohne Poröse Scheidewände" † (p. 203)
    Othmar Preining

  21. The Periodic System of the Elements and Prout's Hypothesis:
    Use and Interpretation by Josef Loschmidt† (p. 207)
    Michael Jenner

  22. Josef Loschmidt and the Reality of Molecules† (p. 217)
    Henk Kubbinga

  23. Loschmidt's Article "On the Size of Air Molecules" and Subsequent Work on Related Aspects of Atomistics† (p. 223)
    Nikolaus Bachmayer and Thomas Schönfeld

  24. Microscopic Time-Reversibility and Macroscopic Irreversibility -
    Still a Paradox? † (p. 233)
    Harald A. Posch, Christoph Dellago, William G. Hoover, and Oyeon Kum

  25. Imaging of Atomic Structures of Metals and Alloys by High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy‡ (p. 249)
    H. Peter Karnthaler, Thomas Waitz, Bemhard Mingler, and Christian Rentenberger

  26. Trace Gas Analysis with Integrating Spheres‡ (p. 257)
    Heinz Schimpl, Heinrich Hess, Anton Ziegler, and Stefan Brandes

    Loschmidt's Biography, Loschmidt's World

  27. Josef Loschmidt - Some Biographical Remarks† (p. 263)
    Hannelore Sexl

  28. From Curiosity to Passion:
    Loschmidt's Route from Philosophy to Natural Science† (p. 269)
    Peter M. Schuster

  29. Scientific Discussion and Friendship between Loschmidt and Boltzmann† (p. 277)
    Dieter Flamm

  30. Josef Loschmidt's Economic Ideas: Protective Tariffs and National Welfare† (p. 283)
    Fritz Weber

  31. Chemical Education in the Habsburg Monarchy's Universities and Technical Colleges around 1861† (p. 289)
    Alois Kernbauer

  32. The Development of Chemical Formutae and Equations:
    An Evaluation of School Textbooks of the Period 1830-1871‡ (p. 297)
    Kurt Kölli

  33. The Leading Chemical Company in the Habsburg Empire:
    "Der Österreichische Verein für chemische und metallurgische Produktion zu Aussig a.d. Elbe" † (p. 301)
    Klaus Oberhummer

Appendix A. The Scientific Publications of J. Loschmidt (p. 307)
Appendix B. The Josef-Loschmidt-Symposium 1995 (p. 309)
Contributors (p. 311)
Index (p. 315)

*Plenary lecture
† Sectional lecture
‡ Poster presentation

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