Chemistry
Sir Harold Kroto – Biographical
Biographical
I was the kid with the funny name in my form. That is one of the earliest memories I have of school (except for being forced to finish school dinners). Other kids had typical Lancashire names such as Chadderton, Entwistle, Fairhurst, Higginbottom, Mottershead and Thistlethwaite though I must admit that there were the odd Smith,…
moreSir Harold Kroto – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Richard E. Smalley – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Walter Kohn – Biographical
Biographical
I suppose I am not the first Nobelist who, on the occasion of receiving this Prize, wonders how on earth, by what strange alchemy of family background, teachers, friends, talents and especially accidents of history and of personal life he or she arrived at this point. I have browsed in previous volumes of “Les Prix…
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