John C. Polanyi
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The three chemistry laureates Dudley Herschbach, Yuan T. Lee and John Polanyi, 1986.
Photo: Boo Jonsson. Nobel Foundation Archive.
John Polanyi at Nobel Week Dialogue, 9 December 2019.
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Nobel Prize laureates Steven Chu, John Polanyi and Tawakkol Karman in a discussion at Nobel Week Dialogue, 9 December 2019.
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