Abstract
WHEN ONE OF THE MOST important and interesting chemists of the 20th century pauses to reflect on his career, the results deserve attention. George Olah's A Life of Magic Chemistry: Autobiographical Reflections of a Nobel Prize Winner, can be recommended to a wide readership and is must reading for at least three audiences: his many friends and colleagues, historians of science, and chemists who are interested in an up-to-date view of the author's prodigious contributions to physical organic chemistry. The book is organized so that it is possible for these different readerships to browse it selectively, if they choose. Indeed, it is easily accessible to a broad, nontechnical readership who can enjoy Olah's remarkable and frequently quite personal story—from Hungarian refugee to Nobel Laureate—simply by skipping the technical chapters. Thanks to the author's solid liberal arts education in prewar Budapest, the book is written in a clear, felicitous, and unpretentious style that carries the ...
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