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Speaker: |
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
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Topic: | Claire C. Patterson: A Chemist Leads the Fight Against Leaded Gasoline
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Date: |
Friday, January 23, 2004 |
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Location:   | Ann Sathers 929 W. Belmont Chicago, Illinois |
Abstract:
Starting in the 19th century, the chemical industry provided the middle classes of the Western World with luxuries that only the rich had previously enjoyed. After sketching some early milestones made by industrial chemists, author Sharon Bertsch McGrayne will focus on four 20th century men who dramatize two present-day aspects of chemistry: the enormous benefits it can bestow, and the environmental problems it can cause. Wallace Carothers introduced fundamental scientific research to the American chemical industry and invented nylon. Paul Muller discovered DDT insecticide for a traditional Swiss dye company. Thomas Midgley Jr. used the periodic table to invent Freon and put tetraethyl lead in our gas tanks. Clair Patterson's hard-headed clean collection techniques and microanalysis got the lead out.
Biography:
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne is the author of several books about science, including Prometheans in the Lab: Chemistry and the Making of the Modern World and Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries. |
"Nanoscale and Mesoscale Science"
Topical Group Meeting: 5:30 - 6:30 PMCost:  $30.00 for members of ACS/ $32.00 for non-members/ $15.00 for students & unemployed members
Reservations:   (847)647-8405
                    by noon, Tuesday, January 20
or,   REGISTER ON LINE !Please honor your reservations. We must pay for all dinners ordered. No-shows will be billed.
Take the Eden's Expressway to Belmont Avenue. Head east to 929 W. Belmont.or:
From the North or Northwest Side: Head Eastbound on either I-90 or I-94. Exit on Irving Park Road. Head east on Irving Park Road to Clark Street. Turn right (south) onto Clark Street and go one mile to Belmont. Turn right on Belmont and the restaurant is on the left at 929 Belmont.
From the Southside or the Loop: Take Lakeshore Drive north to Belmont. Exit and head left (west) about one mile to the restaurant at 929 Belmont.
Ann Sather Restaurant is located on Belmont just west of Clark and just east of Sheffield. It is within a half block of the Belmont elevated station.
Parking: Entrance to the restaurant's lot is at 913 ½ Belmont. The lot is behind the restaurant. Additional, pay parking lots are located on Clark Street just north of Belmont.
The meeting is on the second floor of the restaurant. Handicapped persons should get special instructions from the Section Office.
Dinner:
- Chef's Dinner Salad with Celery Seed Dressing
- Choice of:
- Garlic Boneless Breast of Chicken
- Baked Orange Roughy stuffed with Spinach, mushrooms and onions
- Vegetarian Lasagna
- Boiled Red Potatoes with Fresh Dill
- Fresh Asparagus
- Fruit Cobbler
- Assorted sweet and fresh breads, including Ann Sather's Famous Cinnamon Rolls