Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry
Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry
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DOI：
10.1108/09504120510573828
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发表时间：
2005
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通讯作者：
P. Strong
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P. Strong
这是一部令人印象深刻的作品，无论是在智力上还是在身体上。这套两卷本由来自全球各地的250多个国际权威机构撰写的200多篇文章组成，由一个著名的16人编辑顾问委员会选出。在书架上，超过1600页的美国夸托也占据了很大的空间！在转到序言时，编辑们说，超分子化学百科全书的最重要的目标之一是“提供该学科的广泛概述和捕捉这一领域研究的意义，特别强调综合超分子化学的概念和语言，跨越广泛的相关学科”。对于这位评审员来说，对“目标”的描述应该是简短的陈述。我想知道，编辑们对几行文字的偏爱是否反映了我即将阅读的内容。然而，值得庆幸的是，情况并非如此。随机阅读，在我有一些专业知识的领域，个别条目写得淋漓尽致，非常清晰。这些文章是最新的，由该领域的领先研究人员撰写。
This is a very impressive work, both intellectually and physically. The two‐volume set comprises over 200 entries written by over 250 international authorities, from all sections of the globe, chosen by an eminent 16‐member editorial advisory board. Over 1,600 pages in American Quarto also take up a large amount of room on the bookshelf!On turning to the Preface, the editors state that one of the most important goals of the Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry is “to provide a broad based overview of the discipline and to capture the significance of research in this area, with special emphasis on a synthesis of the concepts and language of supramolecular chemistry across a wide range of related disciplines”. To this reviewer, the description of a “goal” should be a statement of brevity. I was left wondering whether the editors' penchant for several lines of text where a few words would suffice would be a reflection of what I was about to read. Thankfully, however, this was not the case. Reading at random, in areas where I have some specialist knowledge, individual entries were written with incisiveness and great clarity. The articles were up to date and written by leading researchers in the field.