{"id":14984,"date":"2015-12-11T10:29:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T10:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=14984"},"modified":"2016-01-15T13:30:56","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T13:30:56","slug":"the-atom-and-the-molecule-a-one-day-symposium-on-23-march-2016-celebrating-gilbert-n-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=14984","title":{"rendered":"The atom and the molecule: A one-day symposium on 23 March, 2016 celebrating Gilbert N. Lewis."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kcite-section\" kcite-section-id=\"14984\">\n<p>You might have noticed the occasional <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=14037\" target=\"_blank\">reference here<\/a> to the upcoming centenary of the publication of Gilbert N. Lewis&#8217; famous article entitled &#8220;<em>The atom and the molecule<\/em>&#8220;.<span id=\"cite_ITEM-14984-0\" name=\"citation\"><a href=\"#ITEM-14984-0\">[1]<\/a><\/span> A symposium exploring his\u00a0scientific impact and legacy\u00a0will be held in London on March 23, 2016, exactly 70 years to the day since his death. A list of the speakers and their\u00a0titles is shown below; there is no attendance fee, but you <strong>must<\/strong> register as per the instructions below.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group Meeting on 23<sup>th<\/sup> March 2016, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London: <strong>The atom and the molecule: A symposium celebrating Gilbert N. Lewis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Patrick Coffey (Berkeley, USA): <em>Does Personality Influence Scientific Credit?<\/em><em> Simultaneous Priority Disputes: Lewis vs. Langmuir and Langmuir vs. Harkins<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Professor Robin Hendry (Durham, UK): <em>Lewis on Structure and the Chemical Bond<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Professor Alan Dronsfield (UK): <em>An organic chemist reflects on the Lewis two-electron bond<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Dr Julia Contreras-Garc\u00eda (UPMC, France): <em>Do bonds need a name?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Professor Nick Greeves (Liverpool, UK): <em>The influence of Lewis on organic chemistry teaching, textbooks and beyond<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Professor Clark Landis (UWM, USA): <em>Lewis and Lewis-like Structures in the Quantum Era<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Professor Michael Mingos (Oxford, UK)<em>: The Inorganic dimension to Lewis and Kossel\u2019s landmark contributions<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Dr Patrick Coffey (Berkeley, USA): <em>Lewis&#8217; Life, Death, and Missing Nobel Prize<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prior registration is <strong>essential<\/strong>. Please email your name and address to Professor John Nicholson,\u00a0<strong>jwnicholson01(at)gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n    <ol class=\"kcite-bibliography csl-bib-body\"><li id=\"ITEM-14984-0\">G.N. Lewis, \"THE ATOM AND THE MOLECULE.\", <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/i>, vol. 38, pp. 762-785, 1916. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/ja02261a002\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/ja02261a002<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div> <!-- kcite-section 14984 -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might have noticed the occasional reference here to the upcoming centenary of the publication of Gilbert N. Lewis&#8217; famous article entitled &#8220;The atom and the molecule&#8220;. A symposium exploring his\u00a0scientific impact and legacy\u00a0will be held in London on March 23, 2016, exactly 70 years to the day since his death. 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