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Kohn, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Kohn, Walter, 1923–2016, American physicist, b. Vienna, Austria, Ph.D. Harvard, 1948. The son of Austrian Jews, he was transported to England in a rescue convoy after Nazi Germany…Haldane, Frederick Duncan Michael
(Encyclopedia) Haldane, Frederick Duncan Michael, 1951–, British physicist, b. London, England, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1978. Haldane taught at the Univ. of Southern California (1981–85, 1987–90) and worked…Noyori, Ryoji
(Encyclopedia) Noyori, Ryoji, 1938–, Japanese chemist, D.Eng. Kyoto Univ., 1967. Noyori was an instructor at Kyoto Univ. from 1963 to 1968. He then joined the faculty at Nagoya Univ., where he is a…Du Pont
(Encyclopedia) Du PontDu Pontd&oomacr;pŏnt [key], family notable in U.S. industrial history. The Du Pont family's importance began when Eleuthère Irénée Du Pont established a gunpowder mill on…1998 National Medal of Science Recipients
Bruce N. Ames, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, for changing…Chemist
What is this job like? Chemicals are a big part of the physical world around us. Everything is made of chemicals. Chemists and materials scientists find ways to make chemicals useful to us.…Digits of Pi: Barriers and Enablers for Women in Engineering
Engineering must welcome women or risk becoming marginalized as other fields seek out and make a place for them. by Sheila E. Widnall Sheila Widnall is the former Secretary of the Air Force and a…Tennessee
Tennessee State Information Capital: Nashville Official Name: State of Tennessee Organized as a territory/republic: May 26, 1790 Entered Union (rank): June 1, 1796 (16th) Present…Notable Staffed Space Flights
Here is a table of staffed space flights including the names of astronauts, duration of the flights, and launch dates. Designation and country Date Astronauts Flight time Remarks…Trending
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