This does not provide an immediate answer to your query, but the first
volume of the Encyclopedia of NMR currrently in press at Wiley will, as I
understand it, be devoted to history with articles written by some of the
luminaries in the field. It may not contain everything you are wishing for,
but it should be a good start.
Charlie
>In light of the recent discussion of how undergraduate NMR is becoming
>more significant in terms of staying academically competitive, I think
>it might be nice to have a broad overview of the major developments of
>MR.
>
>Some of the items I thought worthy of mention that might not appear in a
>'conventional' history of magnetic resonance are:
>
>-advances in magnet technology
>-advances in computer technology
>-advances in rf electronics
>
>besides the usual stuff on in-vivo, high-res, solids, nD, imaging, etc.
>
>I doubt such a reference exists, but see the need for one. Perhaps one
>should be produced.
>
>Opinions, anyone?
>
>Jeff
>
>Dr. J.H. Simpson "Jeff" jsimpson@science.psc.sc.edu
>Director of NMR Services 803-777-2088 ofc
>Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 803-777-9521 fax
>University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208
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