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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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7 Nobel Prize Scandals
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How Do You Balance a Chemical Equation?
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Why Is a Group of Molecules Called a Mole?
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How Deadly Is Quicksand?
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World
Flags of the countries of the world (flagpoles).
How Many Countries Are There in the World?
Chinese pictograph, calligraphy tablet of Huang Tingjian, a famous calligrapher in Ancient Song Dynasty. The background of Chinese cultural elements.
The World’s 5 Most Commonly Used Writing Systems
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Roman Catholic Saints
Candles Burning On Table In Church
What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?
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Born October 4, 1938 (age 86) • Switzerland
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize
Subjects Of Study molecule • nuclear magnetic resonance
Jacques Dubochet
Swiss biophysicist
Emil Fischer.
Emil Fischer
German chemist
Sir Derek H.R. Barton.
Sir Derek H.R. Barton
British chemist
Fraser Stoddart
Fraser Stoddart
British-American chemist
Richard Henderson
British biologist
Thomas Steitz
American biophysicist and biochemist
Feringa, Bernard
Bernard Feringa
Dutch chemist
Hauptman, Herbert A.
Herbert A. Hauptman
American mathematician and crystallographer
Jens C. Skou
Danish biophysicist
Jerome Karle, 1985.
Jerome Karle
American crystallographer
Klug, Aaron
Aaron Klug
Lithuanian-born British chemist
Sauvage, Jean-Pierre
Jean-Pierre Sauvage
French chemist
Richard Willstätter
German chemist
Baeyer, 1905
Adolf von Baeyer
German chemist
Richard F. Heck, 2010.
Richard F. Heck
American chemist
George A. Olah, 2009.
George A. Olah
Hungarian American chemist
Negishi Ei-ichi
Negishi Ei-ichi
Japanese chemist
Donald J. Cram
American chemist
Paul Sabatier
French chemist
Sir Robert Robinson.
Sir Robert Robinson
British chemist

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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science