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Jacqueline K. Barton (born May 7, 1952 New York City, NY), is an American chemist. She worked as a professor of chemistry at Hunter College (1980–82), and at Columbia University (1983–89) before joining the California Institute of Technology. In 1997 she became the Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry and from 2009 to ...
Wiley-Interscience, 3rd edition, 1999, ISBN 0-471-16019-9. Wiley-Interscience, 4th edition, 2007, ISBN 0-471-69754-0. Wiley-Interscience, 5th edition, 2014, ISBN 9781118057483. Description: A comprehensive reference for the usage of protecting groups in organic synthesis. Importance: A reference publication.
Michael Faraday FRS (/ ˈfærədeɪ, - di /; 22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis. Although Faraday received little formal education, as ...
Frederick Sanger is one out of three laureates to be awarded the Nobel Prize twice in the same subject, in 1958 and 1980. John Bardeen, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 and 1972, and Karl Barry Sharpless, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2001 and 2022, are the others. Two others have won Nobel Prizes twice, one in ...
Stephanie Louise Kwolek (/ ˈkwoʊlɛk /; July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014) was a Polish-American chemist best known for inventing Kevlar (poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide). Her career at the DuPont company spanned more than 40 years. [ 1 ][ 2 ] For her discovery, Kwolek was awarded the DuPont company's Lavoisier Medal for outstanding ...
Journalist and historian of chemistry. Notable work. American Chemical Industry: A History. Nathan Gallup Williams Haynes (29 July 1886, Detroit – 16 November 1970, Stonington, Connecticut) was an American journalist, editor, publisher, and historian of chemistry. He is best known for his 6-volume American Chemical Industry: A History.
Jöns Jacob Berzelius. Baron Jöns Jacob Berzelius (Swedish: [jœns ˈjɑ̌ːkɔb bæˈʂěːlɪɵs] [1] (20 August 1779 – 7 August 1848) was a Swedish chemist. In general, he is considered the last person to know the whole field of chemistry. [2] Berzelius is considered, along with Robert Boyle, John Dalton, and Antoine Lavoisier, to be one ...
Science. (journal) Science is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science [A 2][1] (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals. [2] It was first published in 1880, is currently circulated weekly and has a subscriber base of around 130,000.