Nobel Prize

I was born at home in rural Kentucky in 1942, in a house that my father, Howard, had built. He did most of the construction himself and built it on land that his father had given him when he married my mother Faye. In some places, my birthplace is listed as Calvert City and in…

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English Presentation Speech by Professor Per Ahlberg, Member of the , Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, December 10, 2005. Professor Per Ahlberg delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s Nobel Laureates in…

Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Per Ahlberg, ledamot av , ledamot av Nobelkommittén för kemi, den 10 december 2005. Professor Per Ahlberg presenterar Nobelpriset i kemi 2005 i Stockholms Konserthus. Eders majestäter, Eders kungliga högheter, mina damer och herrar Årets Nobelpristagare i kemi har skapat fantastiska möjligheter att bygga nya organiska molekyler. Det är…

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005 This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry is to be shared by three scientists: Frenchman Yves Chauvin and Americans Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences citation runs “for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis”. The Laureates’ contributions have already assumed…

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Swapping goods and possessions can lead to unexpected surprises, and in the case of chemistry this is no exception. One of the most popular and useful reactions that chemists use to build new molecules involves a curious process in which particular atoms switch their molecular partners, and the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry rewarded three…

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  The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005   Contents: |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |   Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, web adapted by Nobel Web AB.

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