Ryoji Noyori

Nobel Lecture

Asymmetric Catalysis: Science and Technology

Ryoji Noyori held his Nobel Lecture December 8, 2001, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was presented by Professor Bengt Nordén, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

Asymmetric Catalysis: Science and Technology

Ryoji Noyori held his Nobel Lecture December 8, 2001, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was presented by Professor Bengt Nordén, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

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From Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 2001, Editor Tore Frängsmyr, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 2002

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