Collection of Works by Xing Qiyi

Author: Xing Qiyi
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Publish Date: 1999-05-01
Features: This collection includes over 60 of Xing Qiyi Academician's Chinese and English writings, which can be categorized into academic papers, reviews, popular science articles on chemists, and chemical education. This book can be seen as a record of Xing Qiyi Academician's lifelong dedication to chemical teaching and research. Readers can gain an understanding of the path taken by a chemistry teacher from the 1930s to the 1990s, combining teaching and research. Xing Qiyi's work and the environment at the time were closely linked: first, the connection with teaching—he believed that a teacher completely detached from research would become merely a megaphone; second, the connection with the country's rich plant and animal resources, as the raw materials and methods he studied had unique characteristics. His research on some organic reactions was primarily aimed at synthesizing substances with practical applications. At the same time, he also studied related theoretical issues. Even in his late seventies, he continued to self-study various spectroscopic analyses and apply them to his research. Due to the needs of teaching, he also promptly reported guiding articles of the time, such as aluminum compounds and the molecular orbital symmetry conservation rule, which became important discoveries in the 20th century for polymerization and organic reaction mechanisms. As he placed great importance on chemical education, he offered his own insights on why to study chemistry and how to teach it.