Primo Levi: A frustrated stereochemist?-Insight in hindsight.
Primo Levi
Walden inversion
asymmetry
history of chemistry
stereochemistry
Journal
Chirality
ISSN: 1520-636X
Titre abrégé: Chirality
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8914261
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2021
02 2021
Historique:
received:
09
10
2020
revised:
04
11
2020
accepted:
06
11
2020
pubmed:
11
12
2020
medline:
11
12
2020
entrez:
10
12
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Primo Levi (1919-1987) has become an iconic figure at the intersection of chemistry and culture. Levi has long been praised for his autobiographical account as survivor in Auschwitz and by his literary masterpiece "The Periodic Table." Little is however known beyond such facts, especially his academic period and early research on stereochemistry at the University of Turin, which were abruptly truncated by the racial laws and WWII. Even if, later on, Primo Levi succeeded as industrial chemist, he had a vivid interest in molecular asymmetry that lasted through his entire life. This concise paper highlights a little known academic period in the midst of social and political upheaval. Levi left us his humanity in an otherwise tortuous life, and his literature took inspiration from chemistry; perhaps as a metaphor connecting the physical world and people's life.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
72-80Subventions
Organisme : Consejería de Economía, Ciencia y Agenda Digital-Junta de Extremadura
ID : GR18015
Pays : International
Organisme : European Regional Development Fund
Pays : International
Informations de copyright
© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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