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Thermodynamics Physical Chemistry Nobel Stereochemistry

9.4 Excellent

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Robert H. Grubbs

Robert H. Grubbs (1942-2019) was an American chemist who shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing olefin...

Catalysis Nobel Caltech Organometallic

9.1 Excellent

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Victor Grignard

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Synthesis Organic Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S

9.1 Excellent

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Karl Ziegler

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Germany 20TH Century Polymer Catalysis

9.0 Excellent

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Francis William Aston

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Isotopes Nobel Early 1900S Analytical Chemistry

9.0 Excellent

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Petrus Debye

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1930S Physical Chemistry Nobel X Ray

9.0 Excellent

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Richard R. Schrock

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Mit Catalysis Nobel Organometallic

8.9 Great

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Giulio Natta

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Italy 20TH Century Polymer Catalysis

8.9 Great

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Gerhard Ertl

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German Physical Chemistry Catalysis Nobel

8.8 Great

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Rudolph A. Marcus

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Theory Physical Chemistry Electron Transfer Current

8.8 Great

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Adolf von Baeyer

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Indigo Organic Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S

8.8 Great

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Eduard Buchner

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Fermentation Biochemistry Nobel Enzymes

8.7 Great

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Dudley R. Herschbach

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Physical Chemistry Current Nobel Reaction Dynamics

8.6 Great

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Yuan T. Lee

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Physical Chemistry Current Nobel Reaction Dynamics

8.6 Great

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Henri Moissan

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Nobel Early 1900S Inorganic Chemistry Fluorine

8.6 Great

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Yves Chauvin

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French Catalysis Nobel Organometallic

8.5 Great

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John C. Polanyi

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Canada Physical Chemistry Spectroscopy Nobel

8.4 Great

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George Porter

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20TH Century Physical Chemistry Nobel Kinetics

8.4 Great

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Ronald G. W. Norrish

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20TH Century Physical Chemistry Nobel Kinetics

8.3 Great

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Theodor Svedberg

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Physical Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S Colloids

8.3 Great