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Robert B. Woodward

Robert B. Woodward was a prominent 20th-century chemist specializing in organic synthesis. His meticulous approach to el...

Organic Synthesis Harvard Nobel

9.7 Brilliant

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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a British chemist renowned for her groundbreaking work utilizing X-ray crystallography to r...

Structural Crystallography Biochemistry Nobel

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K. Barry Sharpless

K. Barry Sharpless is a renowned organic chemist recognized for his pioneering development of “click chemistry.” His res...

Organic Asymmetric Nobel Click Chemistry

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Jennifer A. Doudna

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Biochemistry Crispr Berkeley Nobel

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Robert H. Grubbs

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Catalysis Nobel Caltech Organometallic

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Richard R. Schrock

Richard R. Schrock is a distinguished chemist recognized globally for his groundbreaking research on olefin metathesis....

Mit Catalysis Nobel Organometallic

8.9 Great

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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

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Paul Sabatier

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Physical Chemistry Catalysis Nobel Early 1900S

8.9 Great

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Gerhard Ertl

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German Physical Chemistry Catalysis Nobel

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Georg Wittig

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Organic 20TH Century Synthesis Nobel

8.8 Great

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Frédéric Joliot

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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

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Herbert C. Brown

Herbert C. Brown (1912-1997) was a prominent American chemist recognized for his groundbreaking work in organic synthesi...

Organic 20TH Century Synthesis Nobel

8.6 Great

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Yves Chauvin

Yves Chauvin (1930-2015) was a French chemist recognized globally for his pioneering research in catalysis. His work cen...

French Catalysis Nobel Organometallic

8.5 Great

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John W. Cornforth

John W. Cornforth (1929-2015) was a prominent British chemist specializing in organic stereochemistry and biosynthesis....

Organic 20TH Century Nobel Stereochemistry

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George Porter

George Porter (1922-2019) was a British physical chemist renowned for his development of flash photolysis. This techniqu...

20TH Century Physical Chemistry Nobel Kinetics

8.4 Great

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Ronald G. W. Norrish

Ronald G. W. Norrish (1897-1976) was a British chemist renowned for his pioneering work in photochemistry and kinetics....

20TH Century Physical Chemistry Nobel Kinetics

8.3 Great

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William H. Stein

William H. Stein was a 20th-century American chemist specializing in biochemistry and protein research. His notable cont...

20TH Century Biochemistry Proteins Nobel

8.2 Great

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Stanford Moore

Stanford Moore (1918-2002) was a prominent biochemist renowned for his pioneering use of X-ray crystallography to reveal...

20TH Century Biochemistry Proteins Nobel

8.2 Great

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Roger Adams

Roger Adams (1889–1971) was an American organic chemist who spent most of his career at the University of Illinois at Ur...

American 20TH Century Organic Chemistry Catalysis

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