Chemistry
Robert F. Curl Jr.- Interview
Interview
Interview transcript Thank you Professor for coming to this interview with us. Professor Curl, I believe I read something about you, that you got your first chemistry box when you were quite a small child? Robert F. Curl Jr.: That’s right. Was that how it all started? Robert F. Curl Jr.: Yes,…
moreRobert F. Curl Jr.- Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Robert F. Curl delivering his speech of thanks at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1996. Robert F. Curl Jr.’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1996 Your Majesties, Ladies and Gentlemen, Harold Kroto, Richard Smalley and I are deeply grateful for the honors you have given us today. The…
morePaul J. Crutzen – Interview
Interview
Interview transcript Dr Crutzen, I would like to begin to ask you something about your family background, where you grew up and where you went to school and so on? Paul J. Crutzen: I’m born in Amsterdam in 1933; well until 1958 I was basically all the time in Amsterdam. My family…
morePaul J. Crutzen – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Paul J. Crutzen – Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
The following is the curriculum vitae of Paul Josef Crutzen, born 3 December, 1933, in Amsterdam, Holland, Director at the Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany. He is married, with two children. Education High School: 1946-1951, Amsterdam, Holland. Civil Engineering, 1951-1954, Amsterdam, Holland. Academic Studies and Research Activities 1959-1973 at the University of Stockholm M.Sc.…
moreSir Harold Kroto – Biographical
Biographical
I was the kid with the funny name in my form. That is one of the earliest memories I have of school (except for being forced to finish school dinners). Other kids had typical Lancashire names such as Chadderton, Entwistle, Fairhurst, Higginbottom, Mottershead and Thistlethwaite though I must admit that there were the odd Smith,…
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