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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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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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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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Bruce Merrifield

Bruce Merrifield (1921–2006) was an American biochemist awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing solid-p...

American 20TH Century Biochemistry Nobel Laureate

8.6 Great

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Charles Pedersen

Charles Pedersen was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of crown ethers....

American 20TH Century Nobel Laureate Supramolecular

8.4 Great

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Donald Cram

Donald J. Cram (1919–2001) was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his foundational wor...

American 20TH Century Nobel Laureate Supramolecular Chemistry

8.2 Great

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Albert Cotton

Albert Cotton (1930–2007) was an American inorganic chemist at Texas A&M University who discovered the first metal–metal...

American 20TH Century Organometallic Inorganic Chemistry

8.2 Great

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Robert Robinson

Robert Robinson (1886–1975) was a British organic chemist who won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for investigations o...

20TH Century British Nobel Laureate Natural Products

8.1 Great

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Alan Heeger

Alan Heeger (born 1936) is an American physicist and chemist who shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoverin...

American 20TH Century Materials Nobel Laureate

8.1 Great

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Edwin McMillan

Edwin McMillan (1907–1991) was an American physicist and chemist who made fundamental contributions to nuclear science....

American 20TH Century Nobel Laureate Transuranium Elements

8.1 Great

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William S. Knowles

William S. Knowles was an American chemist whose work revolutionized the field of synthetic organic chemistry. Working a...

American 20TH Century Nobel Laureate Asymmetric Hydrogenation

8.0 Great

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Lloyd Ferguson

American organic chemist (1923–2011) who was among the first African-American chemists to earn a PhD in the United State...

American Education 20TH Century Pioneer

7.0 Good