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Robert Burns Woodward

Robert Burns Woodward was a prominent 20th-century American chemist recognized globally for his pioneering work in total...

American 20TH Century Nobel Laureate Total Synthesis

9.5 Brilliant

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Gilbert N. Lewis

Gilbert N. Lewis was an American chemist prominent in the 20th century. He significantly advanced our understanding of c...

American 20TH Century Thermodynamics Covalent Bonding

9.4 Excellent

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Glenn T. Seaborg

Glenn T. Seaborg was a pioneering American chemist whose work fundamentally shaped nuclear chemistry during the 20th cen...

American 20TH Century Nuclear Chemistry Nobel Laureate

9.3 Excellent

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Walter Kohn

Walter Kohn was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to the fields of qua...

American 20TH Century Computational Nobel Laureate

9.1 Excellent

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Karl Ziegler

Karl Ziegler (1894-1973) was a German chemist whose research fundamentally changed polymer science. He developed innovat...

Germany 20TH Century Polymer Catalysis

9.0 Excellent

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Giulio Natta

Giulio Natta (1911-1979) was an Italian chemist whose research profoundly impacted polymer science. He pioneered techniq...

Italy 20TH Century Polymer Catalysis

8.9 Great

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John Pople

John Pople was a British theoretical chemist recognized for making computational quantum chemistry accessible to working...

20TH Century Nobel Laureate British American Computational Chemistry

8.9 Great

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Lars Onsager

Lars Onsager was a Norwegian-American physical chemist whose work fundamentally altered the study of thermodynamic syste...

20TH Century Physical Chemistry Nobel Laureate Norwegian American

8.9 Great

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Georg Wittig

Georg Wittig was a 20th-century chemist renowned for his development of the Wittig reaction. This chemical process allow...

Organic 20TH Century Synthesis Nobel

8.8 Great

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Richard R. Ernst

Richard R. Ernst was a Swiss physical chemist recognized for his transformative advancements in nuclear magnetic resonan...

Swiss 20TH Century Analytical Nobel Laureate

8.8 Great

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Paul Flory

Paul Flory was an American physical chemist whose research established the foundational principles of modern polymer sci...

American 20TH Century Nobel Laureate Polymer Chemistry

8.8 Great

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Jean-Marie Lehn

Jean-Marie Lehn is a French chemist widely recognized as one of the primary founders of the field of supramolecular chem...

French 20TH Century Nobel Laureate Supramolecular Chemistry

8.8 Great

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Frédéric Joliot

Frédéric Joliot was a prominent French chemist renowned for his pioneering work in radiochemistry during the 20th centur...

Radioactivity France 20TH Century Nobel

8.7 Great

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Christian B. Anfinsen

Christian B. Anfinsen was a 20th-century American chemist whose research fundamentally changed biochemistry. He demonstr...

20TH Century Folding Biochemistry Proteins

8.7 Great

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Derek Barton

Sir Derek Barton was a British chemist who shared the 1969 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Odd Hassel. He received the awa...

20TH Century British Organic Chemistry Nobel Laureate

8.7 Great

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Robert Mulliken

Robert Mulliken was an American chemist and physicist who won the 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was recognized for h...

American 20TH Century Theoretical Nobel Laureate

8.7 Great

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Frank Sherwood Rowland

Frank Sherwood Rowland was an American atmospheric chemist whose research profoundly impacted global environmental polic...

American 20TH Century Nobel Laureate Atmospheric Chemistry

8.7 Great

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Christopher Ingold

Christopher Ingold (1893–1970) was a British chemist who systematized physical organic chemistry, establishing the SN1/S...

20TH Century British Organic Chemistry Reaction Mechanisms

8.7 Great

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Darleane Hoffman

Darleane Hoffman is an American nuclear chemist known for her research on actinide and transactinide elements. Her work...

American 20TH Century Nuclear Chemistry Radiochemistry

7.4 Good

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Paul Harteck

Paul Harteck (1902-1985) was an Austrian-born physical chemist whose research included hydrogen chemistry, isotope separ...

20TH Century Nuclear Chemistry Isotopes Austrian American

6.6 Fair