Intellectual and career autobiography of the 1987 Nobel prize-winning organic chemist is sprinkled with personal anecdotes, but is more essentially a serious description of host-guest chemistry. Cram demanded that the structures be drawn by the artist of his choice, his secretary and graphics assis

Donald J. Cram is recipient of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on Host-Guest Complexes. A pioneer in physical organic chemistry, Dr. Cram developed early concepts for asymmetric synthesis ("Cram's rule"). His book is an interesting and lively account of this scientific research.