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George McClelland Whitesides (born August 3, 1939) is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Harvard University. He is best known for his work in the areas of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , organometallic chemistry , molecular self-assembly , soft lithography , [ 3 ] microfabrication , microfluidics , and nanotechnology .
Among the 892 Nobel laureates, 48 have been women; the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. [12] She was also the first person (male or female) to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, the second award being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, given in 1911. [11]
This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates by country. Listings for Economics refer to the related Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded 577 times to 889 recipients, of which 26 awards (all Peace Prizes) were to organizations. Due to some recipients receiving multiple ...
Two Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry, Germans Richard Kuhn (1938) and Adolf Butenandt (1939), were not allowed by their government to accept the prize. They would later receive a medal and diploma, but not the money. Frederick Sanger is one out of three laureates to be awarded the Nobel Prize twice in the same subject, in 1958 and 1980.
George Whitesides may refer to: George M. Whitesides (born 1939), American chemist George T. Whitesides (born 1974), American space scientist, politician from California, and son of the above
Whitesides, a former NASA chief of staff under President Obama, is running to unseat Rep. Mike Garcia, the thrice-elected Republican incumbent, in California's hotly contested 27th Congressional ...
He is facing Whitesides, a former NASA administrator and chief executive of Virgin Galactic. "The eyes of the country are on the 27th District," Whitesides said at the volunteer event. "As we vote ...
Election night results were too close to call in the race between GOP Rep. Mike Garcia and Democratic challenger George Whitesides for California's 27th Congressional District.