| PRES | Tuesday, August 21, 2007 | ||
1:30 PM-5:25 PM BCEC -- 205 A/B, Oral | |||
Presidential Session Celebrating a Craftsman of the Art of Understanding: Roald Hoffmann at 70 | |||
| Organizers: | Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Frank Walworth | ||
| 1:30 PM | Introductory Remarks. C. T. Hunt, ACS President | ||
| 1:35 PM | Introductory Remarks. B. Z. Shakhashiri | ||
| 1:40 PM | Introductory Remarks. H. D. Abruna | ||
| 1:45 PM | 11 | Roald Hoffmann, a human catalyst Oliver Sacks | |
| 2:10 PM | Discussion | ||
| 2:15 PM | 12 | Computational chemistry: An increasingly important way of doing chemistry Odile Eisenstein | |
| 2:40 PM | Discussion | ||
| 2:45 PM | 13 | Chains, rings, substituents: Tales from the marvelous edifice of modern organic chemistry Henning Hopf | |
| 3:10 PM | Discussion | ||
| 3:15 PM | Intermission | ||
| 3:30 PM | 14 | Metacognition: A key tool in developing the art of understanding Saundra Y. McGuire | |
| 3:55 PM | Discussion | ||
| 4:00 PM | 15 | Consequences of orbital symmetry: Why Hoffmann was "always" right Peter T. Wolczanski | |
| 4:25 PM | Discussion | ||
| 4:30 PM | 16 | Distinctly chemical explanations: Roald Hoffmann's philosophy of science Michael Weisberg | |
| 4:55 PM | Discussion | ||
| 5:00 PM | 17 | Trying to understand, making bonds Roald Hoffmann | |
Symposium Grid -- Presidential Event -- Session Listing
The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007