Chemistry
Speed read: Connecting on a grand scale
Speed read
What links natural products like rubber and cellulose with artificial plastics is that they are made up from extraordinarily large molecules. The idea of how these molecules originate or are formed was believed to be set in stone, until Hermann Staudinger provided an audacious concept that in time helped to unravel their structural secrets. Staudinger’s…
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Credits and References for the 1999 Chemistry Nobel Poster
Editorial Board: Prof. Villy Sundström, Lund University, Prof. Bengt Nordén, Chalmers University of Technology and Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, Dr. Jennifer Herek, Lund University, Science editor Eva Krutmeijer and Dr. Solgerd Björn-Rasmussen, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Layout: Kjell Lundin, Explicare AB Illustrations: Jan-Åke Winqvist Printing: Tryckindustri 1999 Copyright © ,…
moreThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995
Humans affect the earth’s environment by releasing substances that deplete the protective ozone layer. The Nobel laureates in Chemistry 1995, , and , clarified the mechanisms for the chemical reactions involved. The results have led to extensive limitations on the release of ozone-damaging substances. Read more about the ozone layer and: * * * Ozone…
moreHarold C. Urey – Biographical
Biographical
Harold Clayton Urey was born in Walkerton, Indiana, on April 29, 1893, as the son of the Rev. Samuel Clayton Urey and Cora Rebecca Reinoehl, and grandson of pioneers who settled in Indiana. His early education in rural schools led to his graduation from high school in 1911 after which he taught for three years…
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