John Meurig Thomas is a former Director of the Royal Institution of
Great Britain, a former head of the Department of Physical
Chemistry and former Master of Peterhouse, University of Cambridge.
A world-renowned solid-state, materials and surface chemist, he has
been an educator, researcher, academic administrator, author of
university texts, government advisor, industrial consultant and
trustee of national museums in a career spanning over 50 years.
Recipient of many international awards, including the Linus
Pauling, Willard-Gibbs, Kapitza, Natta, Stokes, Davy and Faraday
medals, he is also a fellow of the Royal Society (1977), of the
American Philosophical Society (1993) and of ten other national
academies. He is best known for his fundamental work in
heterogeneous catalysis, chemical electron microscopy and in the
popularisation of science, for which, in conjunction with his
services to chemistry, he was knighted (1991). He is also founding
editor of three scientific journals and editor or co-editor of some
30 monographs. A new mineral, meurigite, was named in his honour
(1995). Most recently in 2016, Sir John was awarded the Royal Medal
for Physical Sciences by the Royal Society.Drawn from over 1200
publications, this volume contains a summarised account of Sir
John's work, with a selection of the new techniques pioneered and
discovered by him and his colleagues. Also included are popular
science articles, and various illustrations of techniques which
have enhanced our knowledge of many facets of condensed matter
science. Contributions from 80 peers, colleagues, former
co-workers, students and friends worldwide who have interacted with
or been influenced by him are a tribute to the professional and
personal life of Sir John, making this book a unique reflective
summary of the work of one of the greatest achievers in modern
British physical science.
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