Nobel Scientists: A Biographical Encyclopedia

This outstanding reference work brings together profiles of the more than 450 scientists who have won the Nobel Prize in physics, chemistry, or medicine/physiology. Now available on the centenary of the Nobel Prize, this valuable resource illustrates, through the extraordinary contributions of the scientists profiled, the phenomenal growth of science and technology in the last 100 years.

Presented chronologically for easy reference, each entry provides a basic biography followed by information on the scientific career and achievements of the particular scientist. Also noted and discussed are the value and significance of the contributions for which the Nobel Prize was awarded. Many photographs accompany the entries, and the work concludes with indexes organized by name, nationality, and scientific discovery.

This one-of-a-kind reference book will be a valuable addition to both academic and school libraries, as well as an approachable source of fascinating information for the average person interested in science.

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Nobel Scientists: A Biographical Encyclopedia

This outstanding reference work brings together profiles of the more than 450 scientists who have won the Nobel Prize in physics, chemistry, or medicine/physiology. Now available on the centenary of the Nobel Prize, this valuable resource illustrates, through the extraordinary contributions of the scientists profiled, the phenomenal growth of science and technology in the last 100 years.

Presented chronologically for easy reference, each entry provides a basic biography followed by information on the scientific career and achievements of the particular scientist. Also noted and discussed are the value and significance of the contributions for which the Nobel Prize was awarded. Many photographs accompany the entries, and the work concludes with indexes organized by name, nationality, and scientific discovery.

This one-of-a-kind reference book will be a valuable addition to both academic and school libraries, as well as an approachable source of fascinating information for the average person interested in science.

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Nobel Scientists: A Biographical Encyclopedia

Nobel Scientists: A Biographical Encyclopedia

by George Thomas Kurian
Nobel Scientists: A Biographical Encyclopedia

Nobel Scientists: A Biographical Encyclopedia

by George Thomas Kurian

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This outstanding reference work brings together profiles of the more than 450 scientists who have won the Nobel Prize in physics, chemistry, or medicine/physiology. Now available on the centenary of the Nobel Prize, this valuable resource illustrates, through the extraordinary contributions of the scientists profiled, the phenomenal growth of science and technology in the last 100 years.

Presented chronologically for easy reference, each entry provides a basic biography followed by information on the scientific career and achievements of the particular scientist. Also noted and discussed are the value and significance of the contributions for which the Nobel Prize was awarded. Many photographs accompany the entries, and the work concludes with indexes organized by name, nationality, and scientific discovery.

This one-of-a-kind reference book will be a valuable addition to both academic and school libraries, as well as an approachable source of fascinating information for the average person interested in science.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781573929271
Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date: 10/01/2002
Pages: 675
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.85(d)

About the Author

George Kurian (Baldwin Place, NY) is president of the International Encyclopedia Society and a highly acclaimed author of more than 25 reference works, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, almanacs, atlases, yearbooks, anthologies, and national profiles.

Table of Contents

Preface11
Chemistry
1901
Jacobus van't Hoff14
1902
Emil Fischer14
1903
Svante Arrhenius15
1904
William Ramsay16
1905
Adolf von Baeyer17
1906
Henri Moissan17
1907
Eduard Buchner18
1908
Ernest Rutherford19
1909
Wilhelm Ostwald20
1910
Otto Wallach20
1911
Marie Curie21
1912
Victor Grignard22
Paul Sabatier23
1913
Alfred Werner24
1914
Theodore W. Richards24
1915
Richard Willstatter25
1918
Fritz Haber26
1920
Walther Nernst27
1921
Frederick Soddy28
1922
Francis W. Aston28
1923
Fritz Pregl29
1925
Richard Zsigmondy30
1926
Theodor Svedberg31
1927
Heinrich Wieland32
1928
Adolf Windaus33
1929
Hans von Euler-Chelpin33
Arthur Harden34
1930
Hans Fischer35
1931
Friedrich Bergius36
Carl Bosch36
1932
Irving Langmuir37
1934
Harold C. Urey38
1935
Frederic Joliot39
Irene Joliot-Curie40
1936
Petrus Debye40
1937
Walter N. Haworth41
Paul Karrer42
1938
Richard Kuhn43
1939
Adolf Butenandt43
Leopold Ruzicka44
1943
Georg von Hevesy45
1944
Otto Hahn46
1945
Artturi Virtanen47
1946
John H. Northrop48
Wendell M. Stanley48
James B. Sumner49
1947
Robert Robinson50
1948
Arne Tiselius51
1949
William F. Giauque51
1950
Kurt Alder52
Otto Diels53
1951
Edwin M. McMillan54
Glenn T. Seaborg54
1952
A. J. P. Martin55
R. L. M. Synge56
1953
Hermann Staudinger57
1954
Linus C. Pauling58
1955
Vincent du Vigneaud59
1956
Cyril N. Hinshelwood60
Nicolay N. Semenov61
1957
Alexander Todd62
1958
Frederick Sanger63
1959
Jaroslav Heyrovsky63
1960
Willard F. Libby64
1961
Melvin Calvin65
1962
John C. Kendrew66
Max Perutz67
1963
Giulio Natta67
Karl Ziegler68
1964
Dorothy C. Hodgkin69
1965
R. B. Woodward70
1966
Robert S. Mulliken71
1967
Manfred Eigen72
Ronald Norrish73
George Porter73
1968
Lars Onsager74
1969
Derek Barton75
Odd Hassel76
1970
Luis F. Leloir77
1971
Gerhard Herzberg77
1972
Christian Ainfinsen78
Stanford Moore79
William H. Stein80
1973
Ernst Fischer81
Geoffrey Wilkinson81
1974
Paul J. Flory82
1975
John W. Cornforth83
Vladimir Prelog84
1976
William N. Lipscomb85
1977
Ilya Prigogine86
1978
Peter D. Mitchell87
1979
Herbert C. Brown88
Georg Wittig89
1980
Paul Berg90
Walter Gilbert90
Frederick Sanger91
1981
Kenichi Fukui91
Roald Hoffmann92
1982
Aaron Klug93
1983
Henry Taube94
1984
R. Bruce Merrifield95
1985
Herbert A. Hauptman96
Jerome Karle97
1986
Dudley R. Herschbach97
Yuan T. Lee98
John C. Polanyi99
1987
Donald J. Cram100
Jean-Marie Lehn101
Charles J. Pedersen101
1988
Johann Deisenhofer102
Robert Huber103
Hartmut Michel104
1989
Sidney Altman104
Thomas R. Cech105
1990
Elias James Corey106
1991
Richard R. Ernst107
1992
Rudolph A. Marcus107
1993
Kary B. Mullis108
Michael Smith109
1994
George A. Olah109
1995
Paul J. Crutzen110
Mario J. Molina111
F. Sherwood Rowland111
1996
Robert F. Curl Jr.112
Harold W. Kroto113
Richard E. Smalley113
1997
Paul D. Boyer114
Jens C. Skou115
John E. Walker115
1998
Walter Kohn116
John A. Pople117
1999
Ahmed H. Zewail117
2000
Alan J. Heeger118
Alan J. MacDiarmid119
Hideki Shirakawa120
Physics
1901
Wilhelm Rontgen122
1902
Hendrick Lorentz123
Pieter Zeeman123
1903
Antoine Henri Becquerel124
Marie Curie125
Pierre Curie125
1904
J. W. Strutt126
1905
Philipp von Lenard126
1906
J. J. Thomson127
1907
Albert A. Michelson128
1908
Gabriel Lippmann129
1909
Carl Braun130
Guglielmo Marconi131
1910
Johannes van der Waals131
1911
Wilhelm Wien132
1912
Gustaf Dalen133
1913
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes134
1914
Max von Laue135
1915
W. H. Bragg136
W. L. Bragg137
1917
Charles G. Barkla138
1918
Max Planck138
1919
Johannes Stark139
1920
Charles Guillaume140
1921
Albert Einstein141
1922
Niels Bohr142
1923
Robert A. Millikan143
1924
Manne Siegbahn144
1925
James Franck145
Gustav Hertz146
1926
Jean Baptiste Perrin147
1927
Arthur H. Compton147
C. T. R. Wilson148
1928
Owen W. Richardson149
1929
Louis de Broglie150
1930
C. V. Raman151
1932
Werner Heisenberg152
1933
P. A. M. Dirac153
Erwin Schrodinger154
1935
James Chadwick155
1936
Carl D. Anderson156
Victor F. Hess156
1937
Clinton J. Davisson157
G. P. Thomson158
1938
Enrico Fermi158
1939
Ernest O. Lawrence159
1943
Otto Stern160
1944
I. I. Rabi161
1945
Wolfgang Pauli162
1946
P. W. Bridgman163
1947
Edward Appleton164
1948
P. M. S. Blackett
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