The grandson of Eastern European Jewish immigrants, Braterman was born and raised in London. He received his Master of Arts and DPhil degrees from Balliol College, Oxford. In 1985 he received a DSc degree.
In 2007, he returned to Glasgow where he is now an Honorary Senior Research Fellow.
ResearchEdit
Braterman is the author of over 120 technical publications and two academic books. He worked as a physical inorganic chemist, but with interests crossing traditional subject boundaries.
An interest in metal carbonyl spectroscopy led on to work on bonding and reactivity in organometallic chemistry. A long-standing interest in charge transfer phenomena, and their possible relevance to photochemical water splitting, led to studies of combined spectroscopy and electrochemistry in Bipyridine derivatives and their transition metal complexes.
Under the influence of Graham Cairns-Smith, he became interested in photochemical and other possible reactions on the early Earth, in connection with the origins of life, and later in isotopic fractionation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotope_geochemistry as evidence of reactions taking place there. In view of the possible importance of minerals in the origins of life, he investigated as model systems, the formation and stability of layered double hydroxides, their interaction with chemically bound organic molecules, and effects on particle morphology.
Activism and writingEdit
Since returning to Glasgow in 2007, Paul Braterman has concentrated on educational activities, writing for a broad audience, and campaigning in defence of science education. He is on the board of the British Centre for Science Education, and scientific adviser to the Scottish Secular Society His work with these organisations led to the blocking of teaching of creationism as science in both English and Scottish schools.
His first popular science book, From Stars to Stalagmites, was a Scientific American book club choice.
^Braterman, Paul S. (2012). From Stars to Stalagmites, World Scientific, 2012, ISBN 978-9814324977. doi:10.1142/7953. ISBN978-981-4713-33-7.
^"Free schools will not teach creationism, says Department for Education". The Guardian. 5 March 2011.
^"Scottish Government: creationism banned from science class". 24 May 2015.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Paul Braterman news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Paul Sydney Braterman born August 1938 is Emeritus Professor of chemistry at the University of North Texas and honorary senior Research Fellow in Chemistry at the University of Glasgow Braterman is also a science writer and education campaigner The author of From Stars to Stalagmites 1 and over 120 technical publications Braterman is a board member of the British Centre for Science Education and the Scottish Secular Society Braterman has campaigned successfully against creationism in the classroom in both England and Scotland 2 3 Paul BratermanPaul BratermanBornPaul Sydney Braterman 1938 08 16 16 August 1938 age 85 LondonEducationSt Paul s School LondonAlma materBalliol College Oxford PhD Scientific careerInstitutionsUniversity of North TexasUniversity of GlasgowDoctoral advisorRobert WilliamsOther academic advisorsHerbert D KaeszWebsitepaulbraterman wbr wordpress wbr com www wbr gla wbr ac wbr uk wbr schools wbr chemistry wbr staff wbr paulbraterman wbr Contents 1 Education and career 2 Research 3 Activism and writing 4 ReferencesEducation and career EditThe grandson of Eastern European Jewish immigrants Braterman was born and raised in London He received his Master of Arts and DPhil degrees from Balliol College Oxford In 1985 he received a DSc degree After postdoctoral research at University College London adviser Robert Williams and University of California at Los Angeles advisers Herbert D Kaesz and Mostafa El Sayed he worked in the chemistry departments of the University of Glasgow where he rose to the rank of reader and the University of North Texas as professor and chair and later as Regents Professor with several periods as visiting investigator at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and Sandia National Laboratories Braterman s work has been supported by the Robert A Welch Foundation the National Science Foundation and NASA s exobiology and astrobiology programs for which he also served as an adviser In 2007 he returned to Glasgow where he is now an Honorary Senior Research Fellow Research EditBraterman is the author of over 120 technical publications and two academic books He worked as a physical inorganic chemist but with interests crossing traditional subject boundaries An interest in metal carbonyl spectroscopy led on to work on bonding and reactivity in organometallic chemistry A long standing interest in charge transfer phenomena and their possible relevance to photochemical water splitting led to studies of combined spectroscopy and electrochemistry in Bipyridine derivatives and their transition metal complexes Under the influence of Graham Cairns Smith he became interested in photochemical and other possible reactions on the early Earth in connection with the origins of life and later in isotopic fractionation https en wikipedia org wiki Isotope geochemistry as evidence of reactions taking place there In view of the possible importance of minerals in the origins of life he investigated as model systems the formation and stability of layered double hydroxides their interaction with chemically bound organic molecules and effects on particle morphology Activism and writing EditSince returning to Glasgow in 2007 Paul Braterman has concentrated on educational activities writing for a broad audience and campaigning in defence of science education He is on the board of the British Centre for Science Education and scientific adviser to the Scottish Secular Society His work with these organisations led to the blocking of teaching of creationism as science in both English and Scottish schools His first popular science book From Stars to Stalagmites was a Scientific American book club choice He has been a regular contributor to 3 Quarks Daily and his writing has appeared in The Conversation Scientific American Newsweek International Business Times and Massimo Pigliucci s Scientia Salon Braterman has also contributed to The Panda s Thumb blog in an article entitled Creationism and climate Birth of a new Pseudoscience 1 References Edit Scholia has an author profile for Paul Braterman Braterman Paul S 2012 From Stars to Stalagmites World Scientific 2012 ISBN 978 9814324977 doi 10 1142 7953 ISBN 978 981 4713 33 7 Free schools will not teach creationism says Department for Education The Guardian 5 March 2011 Scottish Government creationism banned from science class 24 May 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paul Braterman amp oldid 1123213242, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
