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Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis, John Gibson

Honors Theses

Solid phase peptide synthesis is a relatively new biochemical process for polymerization of amino acids. It involves the selection of amino acids, blocking groups, and resins. This procedure was first investigated by R. B. Merrifield in an attempt to simplify previous methods of peptide synthesis. Since other methods involved amino acids, peptide esters, and diketopiperazines, peptide synthesis had been limited by amino acid selection and a host of technical problems. Solid phase synthesis alleviates many of these difficulties and limitations by supplying a faster and simpler stepwise addition of a wide variety of naturally occurring and synthetically prepared amino acids …

Theories On Planetary Motions, Jerry Thomason

Honors Theses

Anyone who has gazed into the starry sky with awe and amazement has often wondered what holds things together, where space ends and if there is no end, what wonders are beyond. The planets that are contained in this solar system and the growth of theories of the causes of the motions of these bodies are just some of the many wonders that a person can research.

In this work, I have intended to trace more or less a history of man's theories that govern the motions of the planets. I must admit that I will not cover by far …

Intuitive Concepts In Elementary Topology, Gary Rothwell

Honors Theses

My hour special study in intuitive topology originated in a curiosity of what exactly topology was and how it might be related to physics, my field of interest. The book I used was, Intuitive Concepts in Elementary Topology, by B.H. Arnold. This book is designed as a sophomore-junior level three hour course. Needless to say, I didn't quite cover the whole book in an hour a week. I mainly stuck to the intuitive concepts. Intuitive topology is dealing with more physical objects where the point set topology involves set theory; their unions, intersections and subsets.