Chemistry
Speed read: Connecting on a Grand Scale
Speed read
What links natural products like rubber and cellulose with artificial plastics is that they are made up from extraordinarily large molecules. The idea of how these molecules originate or are formed was believed to be set in stone, until Hermann Staudinger provided an audacious concept that in time helped to unravel their structural secrets. Staudinger’s…
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Credits and References for the 1999 Chemistry Nobel Poster
Editorial Board: Prof. Villy Sundström, Lund University, Prof. Bengt Nordén, Chalmers University of Technology and Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, Dr. Jennifer Herek, Lund University, Science editor Eva Krutmeijer and Dr. Solgerd Björn-Rasmussen, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Layout: Kjell Lundin, Explicare AB Illustrations: Jan-Åke Winqvist Printing: Tryckindustri 1999 Copyright © ,…
moreThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995
Humans affect the earth’s environment by releasing substances that deplete the protective ozone layer. The Nobel laureates in Chemistry 1995, , and , clarified the mechanisms for the chemical reactions involved. The results have led to extensive limitations on the release of ozone-damaging substances. Read more about the ozone layer and: * * * Ozone…
moreIrving Langmuir – Biographical
Biographical
Irving Langmuir was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 31, 1881, as the third of four sons of Charles Langmuir and Sadie, neé Comings. His early education was obtained in various schools and institutes in the USA, and in Paris (1892-1895). He graduated as a metallurgical engineer from the School of Mines at Columbia…
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