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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.
Pump-probe techniques. Femtochemistry is the area of physical chemistry that studies chemical reactions on extremely short timescales (approximately 10 −15 seconds or one femtosecond, hence the name) in order to study the very act of atoms within molecules (reactants) rearranging themselves to form new molecules (products).
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.
Ahmed Zewail (1946–2016), Egyptian-American scientist, awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for laser studies in femtochemistry. Mahmud Ahmad Hamdi al-Falaki (1815–1885), Egyptian cartographer, teacher, Minister of Public Instruction. Ismail Mustafa al-Falaki (1825–1901), Egyptian astronomer and mathematician.
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.
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]
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 ...