... point of view, but also in that the total synthesis of each molecule reflects the limits of the power of the art and science of organic synthesis at the time of the accomplishment One of the most ... contributions to organic synthesis At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the state of the art and science of total synthesis is as healthy and vigorous as ever The birth of this exhilarating, ... understand the way of thinking of the pre-World War II chemists as opposed to those who followed them The rather straightforward synthesis of equilenin is representative of the total syntheses of pre-World...