Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Ahmed Hassan Zewail (February 26, 1946 – August 2, 2016) was an Egyptian-American chemist, [4] known as the "father of femtochemistry". [5] He was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry and became the first Egyptian and Arab to win a Nobel Prize in a scientific field, [4] and also first African to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
The 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Ahmed Zewail "for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy". [ 3 ] He is the first Muslim chemist to be awarded the Nobel Prize and the second Muslim scientist.
[1] Later in 1999, Zewail received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work in this field showing that it is possible to see how atoms in a molecule move during a chemical reaction with flashes of laser light. [2]
Nobelity is a feature documentary which looks at the world's most pressing problems through the eyes of Nobel laureates, including Desmond Tutu, Sir Joseph Rotblat, Ahmed Zewail and Wangari Maathai. The film interviews each of the nine Nobel Prize winners discussing their vision for the world over the next 50 years.
Age of Science is a book about science in the 20th century by author and Egyptian-American scientist, and the winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Ahmed Zewail. The book is also a biography and autobiography about Ahmed Zewail.
First Egyptian and North African to win a Nobel Prize in Literature: 1991 Nadine Gordimer South Africa: First White African woman to win a Nobel Prize 1993 Nelson Mandela: Peace: 1993 F. W. de Klerk: 1997 Claude Cohen-Tannoudji France (born in Algeria) Physics: 1999 Ahmed Zewail Egypt: Chemistry: First Egyptian and North African to win a Nobel ...
Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist, 1999 Nobel Prize laureate. [1] Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, Saudi pediatric surgeon specializing in the separation of conjoined twins. [2] Ali Moustafa Mosharafa, Egyptian theoretical physicist. [3] Ahmad Zaki Pasha, leading Egyptian philologist. [4]
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]