Melvin Calvin: Following the Trail of Light: A Scientific Odyssey (Profiles, Pathways, and Dreams)

Melvin Calvin is the winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize for his work on the path of carbon photosynthesis. In this volume he discusses his work as a pioneer scientist in the application of chemistry as part of multidisciplinary research programs, incorporating disciplines from psychology to botany, from photochemistry to chemical evolution and artificial photosynthesis.