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Karl Ziegler

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Germany 20TH Century Polymer Catalysis

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Petrus Debye

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1930S Physical Chemistry Nobel X Ray

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Gerhard Ertl

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Dudley R. Herschbach

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Physical Chemistry Current Nobel Reaction Dynamics

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Herbert C. Brown

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Organic 20TH Century Synthesis Nobel

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John C. Polanyi

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John W. Cornforth

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George Porter

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Henry Eyring

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