Science

In the 35 entries is information on founder of science of parasitology, pioneers in the field of botany, the development of nuclear energy, the theory of shared electron pair bond, in development of general physiology, in plant tissue culture, in development of photoelectric methods for measuring the light of stars, in application of mass spectrometry, in development of biological mass spectrometry, in discovery that plastic can (after certain modifications) be made electrically conductive, in the use of radioactive potassium-40 in accurate geologic dating, in developing the first standards for using x-ray equipment in hospitals, in developing a technique to increase latex production, in demonstrating how genes control the basic chemistry of the living cell, in inventing artificial enzymes that imitate “the real thing”; builder of first privately owned nuclear reactor in New England, and co-discoverer of most distant quasars ever observed in universe; two appeared on cover of Time, one received Enrico Fermi Award, one Garvan Medal, one Ian Campbell Medal, one Oerstad Medal, one National Medal of Science, and three Nobel Prizes; 16 elected to National Academy of Sciences.

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