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Born February 6, 1899 • near Zürich • Switzerland
Died August 27, 1963 (aged 64) • Basel • Switzerland
Subjects Of Study macromolecule • optical activity • polymer
Haber
Fritz Haber
German chemist
Paul J. Flory
American chemist
Giulio Natta.
Giulio Natta
Italian chemist
Irène Joliot-Curie
French chemist
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
French chemist
Wilhelm Ostwald.
Wilhelm Ostwald
German chemist
Lomonosov, Mikhail
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian author and scientist
Langmuir, Irving
Irving Langmuir
American chemist
Walther Nernst
Walther Nernst
German chemist
Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot, engraving by Philippe-Auguste Cattelain.
Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot
French chemist
Svante Arrhenius, 1918.
Svante Arrhenius
Swedish chemist
Ziegler
Karl Ziegler
German chemist
Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff, detail of an oil painting by Helene Büchmann.
Jacobus Henricus van ’t Hoff
Dutch chemist
Lord Rayleigh, engraving by R. Cottot.
Lord Rayleigh
British scientist
Fraser Stoddart
Fraser Stoddart
British-American chemist
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
French chemist
Chen Ning Yang
Chen Ning Yang
American physicist
J. Willard Gibbs
J. Willard Gibbs
American scientist
Telkes, Mária
Mária Telkes
American physical chemist and biophysicist
Herman Francis Mark
American chemist