The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1985

Herbert A. Hauptman

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Prize share: 1/2

Jerome Karle

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1985 was awarded jointly to Herbert A. Hauptman and Jerome Karle "for their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures"

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