Lord Alexander Todd – Pioneering researcher of nucleotides
Alexander Todd is known for his work on the chemistry of nucleotides, his work on Vitamin B1 and for unravelling the chemical structure of...
Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897–1967) – Brilliant Physical Chemist and Scholar
Acknowledged as an authority on chemical kinetics and chain reactions and later on for his research on the kinetics of bacterial growth, the British...
Linus Pauling (1901–1994) – The Founder of Molecular Biology
He may be best remembered by ordinary people for advocating the use of high doses of Vitamin C for good health. But scientists respect...
James B. Sumner (1887–1955)
In 1917, when the pioneering American biochemist James Batcheller Sumner commenced his quest to isolate an enzyme, he had to grapple with a busy...
Leopold Ruzicka (1887–1976)
All his life, the great Croatian-Swiss scientist Leopold Ruzicka maintained an enormous interest in the chemical processes of nature. His experimental work reveals his...
Otto Hahn (1879 – 1968)- The Father of Nuclear Chemistry
One of the greatest pioneers in radioactivity and radiochemistry, German chemist Otto Emil Hahn was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his...
Herbert C. Brown (1912 – 2004)
A few times in the history of chemistry have new synthetic methods been deemed so important that the originators have been awarded the Nobel...
Paul Karrer (1889 – 1971)- Pioneering research on the structure of vitamins
Paul Karrer, a Swiss organic chemist, was the first to unravel the chemical structure of several vitamins and plant dyes, and also the first...
Peter Debye(1884 – 1966)- Phenomenal Achievements in Physical Chemistry
When the Dutch physicist and physical chemist Petrus Debye first arrived from Europe at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in 1939-1940 to deliver the...
Hans Fischer (1881 – 1945)
On November 13, 1930, the announcement for two of that year’s Nobel Prizes was made. The first was the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded...
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