Discovery and Exploration

The Pensacola Mountains were discovered on January 13, 1956, during a transpolar reconnaissance flight by the US Navy. They were observed again on October 23, 1957, by Captain Finn Ronne of the US Navy and Dr. Edward C. Thiel during a flight from Ellsworth Station to the Dufek Massif. 

The publications arising from these studies were listed by Stump (1995) in a review of the geology of the Pensacola Mountains 

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Fig. 10.4 Diagram outlining criteria for successful use of high-throughput synthesis/screening approaches to materials discovery and exploration.

Shrivastava, S., Hassanali, M., Stotiiard, P., Chang, Z. and Woolsey, J. (2006) DrugBank a comprehensive resource for in silica drug discovery and exploration. 

As a model of the nucleus in polymer crystallisation one often takes a rectangular prism. A breakthrough in this respect was the discovery and exploration of polymer single crystals (Schlesinger (1953) and Keller (1957)) which are indeed small prisms, platelets of polymeric chains, folded back and forth in a direction perpendicular to the basal plane (see Fig. 19.1)... 

One of the most important contributions of psychoanalysis was the discovery and exploration of transference. Earlier we discussed how absolute, powerful, and godlike our parents are to us when we are very young. In these formative years we automate the attitude of regarding our parents as incredibly knowledgeable and powerfiil, and many emotions and other attitudes are connected with this. Other influential people in our childhood may also be perceived in almost mythic ways. 

Tor the discovery and exploration of the properties of these and similar materials, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Donald I Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn, and Charles J. Pedersen in 1987. D. I Cram (1919-2001) was professor of chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles J.-M. Lehn is a professor of chemistry at The University Louis Pasture, Strasbourgh, France, and the College de France in Paris. C. J. Pederson (1904-1989) was a chemist working for the E. I. du Pont Company, which he joined in 1927 and from which he retired in 1969. 

The AtoZ of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands by Max Quanchi and John Robson, 2009. 

There is often a feeling in the young that most of the important things in chemistry have already been discovered and explored. I felt that Way in 1938, when I received my own degree. As a result of my own experiences, I have altered my position. Perhaps this discussion of our research program over the past 35 years will help persuade others of the validity of my present belief that we are surrounded by major new areas awaiting discovery. 

Additional applications of this technology for rapid lead discovery and lead optimization have been reported [87, 90-93]. It should also be noted that a variety of chemical transformations, in particular in the area of transition-metal catalyzed reactions, have been performed with this or related equipment (Chapt. 11) [25]. Other monomode microwave reactors using related concepts to introduce high-throughput were recently introduced by CEM Corp. (Discover or Explorer line of products, Fig. 12.7.) [81]. At the time of writing this review no published synthetic applications using this microwave reactor were available. 

The topics of this chapter provide a window into research in special chemicals and are an indication of the myriad chemicals remaining to be probed. Worth noting is that the sampling of current knowledge we have explored is the direct result of earlier probing into questions of this sort. It is evident from what we have seen here that there are still rich sources to mine for future discoveries and practical applications. 

Despite these discoveries and the growing scholarship in ancient tobacco use throughout the world, the most clearly documented use of tobacco before European exploration of the Western Hemisphere comes from South and Central America. Amerigo Vespucci recorded Indians on the Island of Margarita chewing the green... 

There is a long and mixed history for the claims of discovery for ruthenium. In 1748 Antonio de UUoa (1716—1795), a Spanish scientist and explorer, reported finding a special metal in South America. It was silvery-gray and denser than gold, but it did not have the attractive luster of gold or silver. He did know that he had located a new element along with the platinum metal. 

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