John Polanyi
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 95 |
Date of birth | January 23,1929 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Berlin |
Germany | |
Nationality | Canadian |
German | |
Hungarian | |
Job | Chemist |
Education | Victoria University of Manchester |
University of Toronto - St. George Campus | |
University of Toronto | |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Royal Medal | |
Faraday Lectureship Prize | |
Henry Marshall Tory Medal | |
Royal Society Bakerian Medal | |
Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada | |
Wolf Prize in Chemistry | |
Parents | Michael Polanyi |
Current partner | Brenda Bury |
Known for | Chemical kinetics |
Books | Science and Society: The John C. Polanyi Nobel Laureates Lectures |
Chemical kinetics | |
Notable student | Piotr Piecuch |
Ian William Murison Smith | |
Aunts | Laura Polanyi Striker |
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ID | 499164 |
John Polanyi Life story
John Charles Polanyi PC CC FRSC OOnt FRS is a German-born Canadian chemist. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research in chemical kinetics.