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New Ways with Big Molecules by Geoffrey Gee , F.R.S. Sir Samuel Hall Professor of Chemistry in the University of Manchester
Increasingly close links are developing between chemists who are interested in plastics and synthetic rubber, and those who are studying the structure of living proteins. The reason is that all are interested in big molecules, or, as they are called, macromolecules. How these macromolecules can be made is, therefore, of interest both to biochemists and to chemists in industry.
Professor Gee, who spoke on this subject at the Royal Institution last week, describes some of the ways in which macromolecules can be made-including the ' living ' polymers that go on growing in the laboratory so long as they are * fed.'
A gardening weekly
Introduced by Roy Hay
D. Lowndes talks about mist propagation
L. F. Cliff deals with the cultivation of plums and the choice of varieties
A seasonal gardening job is also discussed
Arranged and introduced by Bill Hartley
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Dr. Albert Fogg, director of the Motor Industry Research Association, on * New Automatic Transmission '
The Lawyer: Speed Traps-radar, blue dye, and the rest!
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