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Fenn, John Bennett (1917-...), an American chemist, won a share of the 2002 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a way to identify proteins and other large molecules that are parts of living things. The prize was also awarded to the Japanese engineer Koichi Tanaka and the Swiss chemist Kurt Wuthrich.
Langmuir, LANG myoor, Irving (1881-1957), won the 1932 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work in surface chemistry and in the electron theory of… More>>
Curl, Robert Floyd, Jr. (1933-...), an American physical chemist, discovered a new form of the element carbon called fullerene in 1985. Curl shared… More>>
Stein, William Howard (1911-1980), an American biochemist, shared the 1972 Nobel Prize for chemistry with American scientists Christian B. Anfinsen… More>>
Sharpless, K. Barry (1941-...), an American chemist, won a share of the 2001 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his creation of molecules that are widely… More>>
Flory, Paul John (1910-1985), an American physical chemist, was awarded the 1974 Nobel Prize for chemistry. He received the award for his research… More>>
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