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Show 68 collisions in chemical reactions.33 The book attracted considerable attention and sold well, especially for the first five years after its publication.34 interest internationally. It also attracted In l948, the U.S.S.R. published in Russian a pirated edition of the book which sold widely there, and in l964, it was published in Japanese.35 Even after nearly forty years since its original publication and nearly ten years since it went out of print, it is still Eyring's most often cited scientific work and perhaps his most important contribution to chemistry.36 One of the most significant tributes to Eyring for his books came from his graduate students at Princeton. They nicknamed the l94l Theory of Rate Processes as the "Jewel" and the l944 Quantum Chemistry as the "Green Diamond." The first they felt really was a "Jewel" and the second was harder and since the cover was green the only appropriate title was the "Green Diamond."37 The publication of these two books added luster to the already brilliant career of Henry Eyring, but the desire to understand molecules persisted and he was soon involved in new and exciting avenues of research. The new directions he took were in part motivated by the coming of World War II. With Europe at war in late l939 and the entering of the United States into the war in l94l, Princeton University devoted much of its research to the war effort. Eyring's work was no exception and he was given important war related problems to work on. Even before the U.S. entered the war, Eyring was asked to investigate the question, is there a size of smoke particle which will penetrate gas masks more effectively than the smokes encountered during World War I? The study with Dr. Seymour Bernstein was conducted at the RCA labora- tories at Camden, New York. There Eyring and Bernstein were given access |
