Published on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Sir Robert Robinson, September 13, 1956
Includes bibliographies
The nature of the theory of resonance, by L. Pauling.--- -Reaction mechanisms, by P.D. Bartlett.--The development of the concept of aromaticity, by W. Baker.-- Stereochemistry, by D.H.R. Barton.--Bedeutung der vielgliedrigen, Ringverbindungen fur die theoretische organische Chemie, by V. Prelog.- Biosynthetic theory in organic chemistry, by A.J. Birch.- Synthesis, by R.B. Woodward.- Neue Entwicklungen der metallorganischen Synthese, by Ziegler.- Carbohydrates, by E.L. Hirst.- Nucleic acids, by Sir Todd.- Bedeutung der theoretischen organischen organischen Chemie fur Chemie der Terpenverbindungen, by Ruzicka.- Steroids, by C. Shoppee.- Alkaloids, by E. Schlittler.- Isotopes in organic chemistry, by J.W. Cornforth.- Microorganisms in organic chemistry, by K. Folkers.- Chemotraphy, by J. Walker.- Organic chemistry confier taxonomy, by H. Erdtman.- Organische Chemie und Gene? by A.Butenandt