Rolf Huisgen: The Adventure Playground of Mechanisms and Novel Reactions (Profiles, Pathways, and Dreams)

Noted for his discoveries in the field of heterocyclic chemistry, Rolf Huisgen "invented" numerous reactions, including the 2 + 3 dipolar cycloaddition. In this book, he tells of rebuilding the famous Munich laboratory from rubble after its destruction due to the bombings of Munich in World War II. Huisgen's philosophies of life and science are discussed in detail in various essays, ranging from such topics as women in science to tradition in academia. Many photographs depict both the professional as well as the personal side of this renowned scientist.

• Michael J. S. Dewar: A Semiempirical Life (Profiles, Pathways, and Dreams)
• Cheves Walling: Fifty Years of Free Radicals (ACS Profiles, Pathways and Dreams)
• F. G. A. Stone: Leaving No Stone Unturned: Pathways in Organometallic Chemistry (Profiles, Pathways, and Dreams)
• Ernest L. Eliel: From Cologne to Chapel Hill (ACS Profiles, Pathways and Dreams)
• Raymond U. Lemieux: Explorations with Sugar: How Sweet It Was (ACS Profiles, Pathways and Dreams)
• Arthur J. Birch: To See the Obvious (ACS Profiles, Pathways and Dreams)
• Donald J. Cram: From Design to Discovery (Profiles, Pathways, and Dreams)
• Andrew Streitwieser, Jr.: A Lifetime of Synergy with Theory and Experiment (ACS Profiles, Pathways and Dreams)
• Some Recollections of Gap Jumping (Profiles, Pathways, and Dreams)
• John Roberts: The Right Place at the Right Time (Profiles, Pathways, and Dreams)