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Ahmed H. Zewail
http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1999/
(1946 - ) 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy. Egypt and USA, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Alfred Werner
http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1913/index.html
(1866-1919) Suggested that all ligand molecules are bound directly to the metal ion, contrary to existing bonding theory. Werner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1913. Switzerland, Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland.
Antoine Henri Becquerel
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1903/index.html
(1852-1908) Nobel for the discovery of radioactivity in 1896, shared with Pierre Curie and Marie Curie. France, cole Polytechnique, Paris, France.
Chemistry 1960
http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1960/index.html
(1908 - 1980) 1960 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his method to use carbon-14 for age determination in archaeology, geology, geophysics, and other branches of science. USA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
David Schubert, Ph.D. - Boron Chemist
Research interests of David Schubert,Ph.D., boron chemist at U.S. Borax Inc. in Valenica, California.
Dr. Alaa El-Deean Ali
http://www.geocities.com/dralaae/Alaa.html
Ph.D. Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Physics and Chemistry Department, Faculty of Education - Damanhour - Alexandria University, Egypt. Supporter of a periodic table consisting of two amphitheater pyramids.
Ernest Rutherford
http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1908/index.html
(1871-1937) Formulated an atomic model, according to which the positively charged atomic nucleus carries most of the mass of the atom but occupies a very small part of its volume. Victoria University, Manchester, Great Britain.
F. Albert Cotton
http://www.chem.tamu.edu/faculty/cotton/
Notable author and scientist concerned with how transition metals form metal-metal bonds. W. T. Doherty-Welch Foundation Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Director, Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding Texas A&M University Department of Chemistry.
Frdric Joliot
http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1935/index.html
(1900 - 1958) Discovered artificial radioactivity, i.e., new radioactive elements produced by the bombardment of non-radioactive elements with particles or neutrons. Prize shared with his wife Irne Joliot-Curie. France, Institut du Radium, Paris, France.
Frederick Soddy
http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1921/index.html
(1877-1956) 1921 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes. Great Britain, Oxford University, Oxford, Great Britain.

