Chemical Discoveries Made in New Zealand

Scientific Sleuthing

Scientific Sleuthing – Chemical Discoveries made in New Zealand; Hurrell R.; Williamson B.; Strange, G.; 2017.

16 tales of scientific success, illustrated in full colour.

Scientific Sleuthing begins with New Zealanders solving “different” problems:

• Toxic honey / William H. Swallow
• Hoki to nanotechnology: a marine by-products story / Kathleen Hofman, Nigel Larson and Nick Tucker
• Crime scene to courtroom: science for justice / Heidi Baker, Keith Bedford, Stephen Cordiner, SallyAnn Harbison, Sarah Russell, Robyn Somerville, Johanna Veth and Gerhard Wevers
• A quarter century of sugary science success / Richard H. Furneaux and Gary B. Evans
• Advanced ceramics made in New Zealand / Ian W. M. Brown
• Targeting cancer: the story of the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre / William A. Denny
• Hill Laboratories: a commercial success / Roger Hill, Peter Robinson and George Hill
• The invention of spreadable butter / David Illingworth and Robert Norris
• Extraterrrestrial chemistry meets New Zealand industry / Murray J. McEwan and Barry J. Prince
• Radiation chemistry: radicals, reactions, rates and redox / John E. Packer and Robert F. Anderson
• The saga of a remarkable and challenging technology / Serena Smalley, Colin Gooch, Peter Walters and T. W. Slinn
• The challenge of cementing geothermal wells / Neil B. Milestone
• Successful innovation takes time: the story of Canterbury Scientific / Fiona Summerfield
• The discovery and development of high-temperature superconductors / Jeffery L. Tallon and Robert G. Buckley
• A short history of New Zealand's pioneering x-ray laboratories / Graeme Gainsford and Jan Wikaira
• Visualising the molecules of life / Edward N. Baker

In their chosen fields, New Zealand chemists lead the world.

This is a book about New Zealand’s development, and about history being made right here, right now.

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