A Life in Magic Chemistry: Autobiographical Reflections Book

Preface.
Introduction.
Perspectives on Science.
Chemistry: The Multifaceted Central Science.
Growing up in Hungary and Turning to Chemistry.
Early Research and Teaching: Departing the Shadow of Emil Fischer.
Move to North America: Industrial Experience While Pursuing the Elusive Cations of Carbon.
Return to Academia--The Cleveland Years: Carbocations, Magic Acid, and Superacid Chemistry.
Moving to Los Angeles: Building the Loker Institute--Hydrocarbons and Hydrocarbon Research.
"Every Scientist Needs Good Enemies": The Nonclassical Ion Controversy and Its Significance.
From Kekule's Four-Valent Carbon to Five- and Higher-Coordinate Hypercarbon Chemistry.
The Nobel Prize: Learning to Live with It and Not Rest on Laurels.
Post-Nobel Years: From Superacids to Superelectrophiles.
Societal and Environmental Challenges of Hydrocarbons: Direct Methane Conversion, Methanol Fuel Cell, and Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide.
Gone My Way.
Appendix: My Previous Books for References and Additional Reading.
Index.