Nikolay Semyonov
Physicist and chemist, Nobel laureate
Born
April 15th, 1896
129 years ago
Died
September 25th, 1986
38 years ago — 90 years old
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
Russia
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A prominent physicist and chemist, contributed significantly to the field of chemical kinetics. Served as a professor and director at the Institute of Chemical Physics in Moscow. Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1956 for work on the mechanisms of chemical transformations. Authored several influential scientific publications and played a key role in establishing chemical physics as a distinct field of study.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1956
Contributions to chemical kinetics
Director of the Institute of Chemical Physics
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