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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963

"for their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers"
Karl Ziegler Giulio Natta
Karl Ziegler Giulio Natta
half 1/2 of the prize half 1/2 of the prize
Federal Republic of Germany Italy
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (Max-Planck-Institute for Carbon Research)
Mülheim/Ruhr, Federal Republic of Germany		 Institute of Technology
Milan, Italy
b. 1898
d. 1973		 b. 1903
d. 1979
 
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