Robert H. Grubbs

Nobel Lecture

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Robert H. Grubbs held his Nobel Lecture December 8, 2005, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was presented by Professor Håkan Wennerström, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

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Robert H. Grubbs held his Nobel Lecture December 8, 2005, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was presented by Professor Håkan Wennerström, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

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From Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 2005, Editor Karl Grandin, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 2006

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