December 19, 2007
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(A) is a professor of biochemistry, although he is better known for his contributions in a different field. While using (B) in his work, he saw something, and hypothesized something interesting. His hypotheses led to a paper titled (C).
Identify A, B and, mainly, C.
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Answer:A- Isaac Asimov
B – Catechol
When Asimov was working on his Ph.D thesis involving B, he noticed that Catechol dissolves almost instantly on contact with water. This led him to hypothesize about what would happen if something dissolved so fast that it dissolved before it actually hit water. The end result was a spoof paper titled “The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline“, which explored the consequences of such a compound.
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December 19th, 2007 at 11:06 am, GMT +0000 ( 1198062381 )
a->Isaac Asimov
b->Catechol (Pyrocatechol)
c->Kinetics of the Reaction Inactivation of Tyrosinase During Its Catalysis of the Aerobic Oxidation of Catechol
December 19th, 2007 at 11:15 am, GMT +0000 ( 1198062932 )
A – Isaac Asimov
B – Catechol
C – The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline
God-level question!
December 19th, 2007 at 12:54 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1198068841 )
A. Isaac Asimov
B. Pyrocatechol or commonly called catechol
C. “The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline”, A spoof scientific paper by Asimov based on his hypothesis.
December 19th, 2007 at 6:30 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1198089009 )
Its Joseph Lister
The compound is Carbolic acid
the study of which led to the antiseptic in his book “antiseptic:the principle of practise of surgery”
December 19th, 2007 at 7:38 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1198093087 )
1) Isaac Asimov
2) benzenediol
3)This led to a series of spoof articles on the fictional compound Thiotimoline starting off with “The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline”
December 19th, 2007 at 9:19 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1198099193 )
1 is Isaac Asimov, but of course.
2 is 2-hydroxyphenol, commonly known as catechol.
A long shot at 3, but Asimov’s doctoral dissertation was called “Kinetics of the Reaction Inactivation of Tyrosinase During Its Catalysis of the Aerobic Oxidation of Catechol”
December 19th, 2007 at 9:40 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1198100458 )
A: Isaac Asimov
B: Catechol
C: The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline, 1948 (a spoof paper about a fictional substance called Thiotimoline, He wrote some more on this, though I’m guessing you were looking for this first one)
December 19th, 2007 at 9:42 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1198100568 )
A) Isaac Asimov
B) Catechol
C) “The endochronic properties of resublimated thiotimoline”(1948)
Regards,
Tathagata Chatterjee
December 19th, 2007 at 9:43 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1198100618 )
A –> Isaac Asimov
B –> Catechol, which is known to dissolve as soon as it comes into contact with water. This led him to theorize that if it were any more soluble, it would dissolve even before encountering water. He then conceived of Thiotimoline, a fictional compound having such a property!
C –> The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline, which is basically a spoof paper !!
December 19th, 2007 at 9:53 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1198101181 )
A is Issac Asimov
B is catechol which he was using for his doctoral degree
C is “The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline”
(later he wrote a second paper “The Micropsychiatric Applications of Thiotimoline” on Thiotimoline)
… and yes catechol is highly soluble in water
December 19th, 2007 at 10:58 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1198105100 )
A is Asimov
B is Catechol
C is ‘The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline’
takes me back to nights spent poring over Morrison&Boyd
:-) and reading The Foundation series on the sly in class.
December 20th, 2007 at 12:54 am, GMT +0000 ( 1198112052 )
A- Isaac Asimov
B – Catchetol
C- The paper was titled
” The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline.”
Thiotimoline is notable for the fact that when it is mixed with water, the chemical actually begins to break down before it contacts the water
December 20th, 2007 at 5:19 am, GMT +0000 ( 1198127940 )
A is asimov, and consequently C is the paper on thiotimoline.
Its been years since i have done this but i’m going to taken an unassisted crack at B and will check it up later.
1,2 dihydroxybenzene or o-dihydroxybenzene.
December 20th, 2007 at 6:37 am, GMT +0000 ( 1198132642 )
1) Isaac Asimov
2) catechol
3) The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline
December 20th, 2007 at 7:44 am, GMT +0000 ( 1198136643 )
b>catechol
c>photo developing