R. B. Woodward Remarks at Harvard Chemistry Department Alumni Symposium
- 1978-Mar-06
Talk given by R.B. Woodward at an alumni event for the Harvard University Department of Chemistry shortly before his death in 1979. This informal talk begins with the ringing of a gong and Woodward being carried on stage in a sedan chair, drink in hand. He reminiscences about his career at Harvard, his colleagues, his quest to discover a sample of a tetrahedrane compound supposedly discovered in 1913, and the history of chemistry in general.
The tape ends with truncated closing comments from Dudley R. Herschbach.
The deterioration of the tape has resulted in multiple places where a few frames of the image are lost.
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Harvard University. “R. B. Woodward Remarks at Harvard Chemistry Department Alumni Symposium.” Vhs, March 6, 1978. Science History Institute DVD and Video Collection, Box 10. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/gb1zn33.
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