Abstract
Peter Day was one of the most asiduous participants of the NoSIC (Not Strictly Inorganic Chemistry) meetings, where he showed his interest in, and knowledge of, historical, sociological and other non-scientific aspects of the research activities in the institutions led by him as well as in those he visited worldwide, both as a lecturer and as an active participant. This article tries to stress that side of his personality, reflected also in his three autobiographical books, and in his motto “the past is another country”, a quotation from L.P. Hartley.
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Chemistry) meetings, where he showed his interest in, and knowledge of, historical, sociological and other non-scientific aspects of the research activities in the institutions led by him as well as in those he visited worldwide, both as a lecturer and as an active participant
The space axis corresponds to the territories he went across during his scientific journey, the specificities of the human atmosphere in each city and town he visited, the social constructs—both political and academic—that float in their atmospheres, and the history that is required to understand how all these factors converged at the time and place of his visit. This two-fold endeavour permeates the three autobiographic books published by Peter Day [1,2,3], as well as the lectures and communications he gave from 2008 to 2012 in Prullans (Table 1)
The first call stated that the goal was “to gather in a friendly atmosphere about 50 chemists, with research activities in the area of Inorganic Chemistry, to discuss at the interface between Chemistry and other areas of Culture to enhance the permeability of the Chemistry curricula to our cultural and historical background”
Summary
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