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Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806–1879), German chemist famous for first musings on the Conservation of energy; Henri Moissan (1852–1907), French chemist and the winner of the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Mario J. Molina (1943–2020), 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Jacques Monod (1910–1976), biochemist, winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or ...
Two others have won Nobel Prizes twice, one in chemistry and one in another subject: Maria Skłodowska-Curie (physics in 1903, chemistry in 1911) and Linus Pauling (chemistry in 1954, peace in 1962). [6] As of 2023, the prize has been awarded to 192 individuals, including eight women (Maria Skłodowska-Curie being the first to be awarded in ...
He was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Biological Chemistry for nearly 40 years. Member Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. Charles Tanford (1921–2009). American protein chemist at Duke University, known for analysis of the hydrophobic effect. Member Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. Ignacio Tinoco Jr. (1930–2016).
American chemist [52] Kathleen Curtis: 1892−1994: 102: New Zealand mycologist and first female Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand [53] Max Day: 1915–2017: 101: Australian ecologist [54] Sukh Dev: 1923–2024: 101: Indian organic chemist [55] Theodor Otto Diener: 1921–2023: 102: Swiss-American plant pathologist, discoverer of ...
[177] [178] His description reads: "A remarkably versatile scientist, structural chemist Linus Pauling (1901–1994) won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the nature of the chemical bond linking atoms into molecules. His work in establishing the field of molecular biology; his studies of hemoglobin led to the classification of ...
Academic genealogy of chemists; List of people considered father or mother of a scientific field; List of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower; Apostles of Linnaeus; List of Arab scientists and scholars; List of modern Arab scientists and engineers; List of archaeologists; Astronomer Royal; List of astronomers; List of French astronomers
Stillman's most significant work is The Story of Early Chemistry, a book published posthumously in 1924. A 1925 review in the Journal of Chemical Education by Edgar Fahs Smith found the book excellent but rather impersonal. [5] The book was republished in 1960 by Courier Dover with the slightly modified title The Story of Alchemy and Early ...
Alexander Oscar Gettler (August 13, 1883 – August 4, 1968) [1] [2] was a toxicologist with the Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York (OCME) between 1918 and 1959, and the first forensic chemist to be employed in this capacity by a U.S. city. [3] [4] [5] His work at OCME with Charles Norris, the chief medical examiner, created the foundation for modern medicolegal ...