21. International Academy Of Quantum Molecular Science - Members - William N. Lipsco william N. lipscomb. Born December 9, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. nobel Prizein Chemistry (1976). Howe Award (American Chemical Society), http://fractal.chem.emory.edu/members/IAQMS.member.Lipscomb.html

W ILLIAM N. L IPSCOMB Born December 9, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, Harvard University. Email: lipscomb@chemistry.harvard.edu WWW: www.chem.harvard.edu/faculty/lipscomb.html William Lipscomb was educated at the University of Kentucky (BS 1941), Harvard University (MA 1959), Calfornia Institute of Technology (PhD 1946). He was Assistant Professor to Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Minnesota (1946-59) and Professor of Chemistry Harvard University (1971-). Guggenheim Fellowship Oxford (1954-55) and Cambridge (1972-73). NSF Senior Fellow (1965-66). Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Fellow of American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Member of the Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Advisory Boards: Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, Dow Chemical Company, Robert A. Welch Foundation, Daltex Medical Science, Nova Pharmaceutical Corporation, Gensia Pharmaceuticals. Honorary Degrees: DSC University of Kentucky, Long Island University, Rutgers University, Gustavus Adolphus College, Marietta College, Miami University, University of Denver, Ohio State University.

22. Lipscomb, William Nunn, Jr. --  Encyclopædia Britannica lipscomb, william Nunn, Jr. American physical chemist who won the nobel Prizefor Chemistry in 1976 for his research on the structure and bonding of boron http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9048458

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24. Alfred B. Nobel Prizes In Chemistry - Winners Alfred nobel was a Swedish chemist and the inventor of dynamite. 1976,william N. lipscomb, United States, Structure of boranes http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa120202a.htm

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25. Pictures Of Nobel Laureates - Chemistry This is an index of photographs of the winners of the nobel Prize in Chemistry . 1975 Vladimir Prelog 1976 - william N. lipscomb http://chemistry.about.com/library/blchemists.htm

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26. AFOSR Nobel Winners AFOSR nobel Winners. william N. lipscomb. Harvard University Cambridge, MA.Chemistry. studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of http://www.afosr.af.mil/afrnobel.htm

27. The Harvard Guide: A Nobel Legacy 1974 - 2002 william N. lipscomb william N. lipscomb 1919 Chemistry 1976 Later, when hewent to MIT to study economics under nobel Laureate Paul Samuelson, http://www.hno.harvard.edu/guide/faculty/fac8.html

Harvard's Faculty Pulitzer Prize Winners Number of Faculty Centuries of Research ... Interfaculty Initiatives A Nobel Legacy 1974 - 2002 William N. Lipscomb 1919- Chemistry 1976 Research on the structure of boranes, which has increased the understanding of chemical bonding Lipscomb had had quite a bit of experience by the time he elucidated the unusual chemical make-up of boron - off to college in 1937, he donated his elaborate chemistry set to his high school, doubling the school's chemistry inventory. The scientist, known for his clarinet playing and Western-style bow ties, describes his mode of reasoning: "I am inclined to make large intuitive jumps and then set about to test the conclusions." Lipscomb is the Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry Emeritus. John H. Van Vleck 1899-1980 Physics 1977 Pioneered the application of quantum mechanics to the study of magnetism Van Vleck, known for his love of the arts, his quietly piercing wit, and his intense loyalty to Harvard, made cutting-edge contributions to the fields of radioastronomy, microwave spectroscopy, and magnetic resonance. His application of quantum mechanics altered both physics and chemistry, deepening our understanding of atomic systems - from single molecules to crystalline solids. Sheldon L. Glashow 1932-

28. Reflections, William N. Lipscomb, Harvard University The Pauling Symposium william N. lipscomb, Harvard University Influenced byPauling, I also commented in my nobel lecture, http://oregonstate.edu/dept/Special_Collections/subpages/ahp/1995symposium/lipsc

The history of science is marked with milestone discoveries made by individuals whose genius and vision have transformed our understanding of nature. Linus Pauling was one such individual. His work spanned and stretched the frontiers between traditional disciplines chemistry and areas of physics, mineralogy and biology and opened up whole new areas of research for later generations of scientists. Complex Ionic Crystals We used the electrostatic valency rules to check the correctness of the structure of a tetragonal basic iron phosphate (later to be named lipscombite). These rules were especially useful in proposing reasonable positions for the protons of the OH groups (Katz and Lipscomb 1951). The Atomic Electroneutrality Principle In 1948 (Pauling 1948a) Pauling formulated the "postulate of the essential electroneutrality of atoms: namely, that the electronic structure of substances is such as to cause each atom to have essentially zero resultant electrical charge, the amount of leeway being not greater than about ñ«. These resultant charges are possessed mainly by the most electropositive and electronegative atoms, and are distributed in such a way as to correspond to electrostatic stability." By that time I had left Caltech to teach at the University of Minnesota, but Eddie Hughes reported to me that the following exchange took place in Pauling's presentation of the electroneutrality principle:

29. Nobel Prizes In Chemistry Deutsche Version nobel Prize for Chemistry (with pictures) molecules andreactions; 1976 william N. lipscomb (USA, *191912-09) Structure of boranes http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/bib/nobel_chemie_e.html

Nobel Prizes in Chemistry Deutsche Version Nobel Prize for Chemistry (with pictures) Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (Netherlands, 1852-08-30 - 1911-03-01) Discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and of the osmotic pressure in solutions Emil H. Fischer (Germany, 1852-10-09 - 1919-07-15) Synthetic studies in the area of sugar and purine groups Svante A. Arrhenius (Sweden, 1859-02-19 - 1927-10-02) Theory of electrolytic dissociation Sir William Ramsay (United Kingdom, 1852-10-02 - 1916-07-23) Discovery of the indifferent gaseous elements in air (noble gases) Adolf von Baeyer (Germany, 1835-10-31 - 1917-08-20) Organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds Henri Moissan (France, 1852-09-28 - 1907-02-20) Investigation and isolation of the element fluorine Eduard Buchner (Germany, 1860-05-20 - 1917-08-13) Biochemical studies, discovery of fermentation without cells Sir Ernest Rutherford (United Kingdom, 1871-08-30 - 1937-10-19) Decay of the elements, chemistry of radioactive substances Wilhelm Ostwald (Germany, 1853-09-02 - 1932-04-04) Catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction rates

30. Vincitori Del Nobel Per La Chimica (alfabetico) Encyclopedia Vincitori del nobel per la chimica (alfabetico) 1987; Luis F.Leloir, 1970; Willard Frank Libby, 1960; william N. lipscomb, 1976 http://encyclopedie-it.snyke.com/articles/premi_nobel_per_la_chimica.html

Vincitori del Nobel per la chimica (alfabetico) Premio Nobel Alfred Nobel Premio Nobel Premi Nobel italiani Premio in ordine Pace alfabetico cronologico Letteratura ... Chimica alfabetico cronologico Economia alfabetico cronologico Quello che segue, ¨ un elenco in ordine alfabetico delle personalit  premiate con il Nobel per la chimica. Per l'elenco in ordine cronologico clicca qui Indice A B C D ... Z A Peter Agre, Kurt Alder, Sidney Altman, Christian B. Anfinsen, Svante August Arrhenius, Francis William Aston, B Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf Von Baeyer, Derek H. R. Barton, Paul Berg, Friedrich Bergius, Carl Bosch, Paul D. Boyer, Herbert C. Brown, Eduard Buchner Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt, C Melvin Calvin, Thomas R. Cech, Aaron Ciechanover, Elias James Corey, John Warcup Cornforth, Donald J. Cram, Paul Crutzen, Marie Curie Robert F., Jr. Curl, D Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debye, George De Hevesy, Johann Deisenhofer, Otto Paul Hermann Diels, E Manfred Eigen, Richard R. Ernst, Hans Karl August Simon Von Euler-chelpin, F John B. Fenn, Ernst Otto Fischer, Hans Fischer

31. Vincitori Del Nobel Per La Chimica (cronologico) Encyclopedia Vincitori del nobel per la chimica (cronologico) John WarcupCornforth, Vladimir Prelog; 1976 william N. lipscomb; 1977 - Ilya Prigogine http://encyclopedie-it.snyke.com/articles/vincitori_del_nobel_per_la_chimica_cro

Vincitori del Nobel per la chimica (cronologico) Premio Nobel Alfred Nobel Premio Nobel Premi Nobel italiani Premio in ordine Pace alfabetico cronologico Letteratura ... alfabetico cronologico Economia alfabetico cronologico Quello che segue, ¨ un elenco in ordine cronologico delle personalit  premiate con il Nobel per la chimica. Per l'elenco in ordine alfabetico clicca qui - Jacobus Henricus Van't Hoff (Olanda, 1852 - 1911) per la scoperta delle leggi della dinamica chimica e della pressione osmotica nelle soluzioni. - Hermann Emil Fischer, (Germania, 1852 - 1919) per gli studi nella sintesi di carboidrati e purine. - Svante August Arrhenius - William Ramsay - Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf Von Baeyer - Henri Moissan Eduard Buchner Ernest Rutherford - Wilhelm Ostwald - Otto Wallach Marie Curie - Victor Grignard, Paul Sabatier - Alfred Werner - Theodore William Richards - Richard Martin Willstatter non ¨ stato assegnato non ¨ stato assegnato - Fritz Haber non ¨ stato assegnato - Walther Hermann Nernst - Frederick Soddy - Francis William Aston - Fritz Pregl non ¨ stato assegnato - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy - The Svedberg - Heinrich Otto Wieland - Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus - Hans Karl August Simon Von Euler-chelpin, Arthur Harden

32. The Nobel Prize In Chemistry 1976 For His Studies On The The nobel Prize in Chemistry 1976 of boranes illuminating problems of chemicalbonding . william N. lipscomb. USA. Harvard University Cambridge, MA. http://www.aro.army.mil/accomplish/nobel/1976npchem.htm

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1976 "For his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding" William N. Lipscomb USA Harvard University Cambridge, MA

33. Our Best Point The Way On the 100th anniversary of the nobel prize, 100 nobel laureates warn that our william N. lipscomb Chemistry, 1976 Alan G. MacDiarmid Chemistry, 2000 http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1207-01.htm

Home Newswire About Us Donate ... Archives Headlines Printer Friendly Version E-Mail This Article Published on Friday, December 7, 2001 in the Our Best Point the Way On the 100th anniversary of the Nobel prize, 100 Nobel laureates warn that our security hangs on environmental and social reform The most profound danger to world peace in the coming years will stem not from the irrational acts of states or individuals but from the legitimate demands of the world's dispossessed. Of these poor and disenfranchised, the majority live a marginal existence in equatorial climates. Global warming, not of their making but originating with the wealthy few, will affect their fragile ecologies most. Their situation will be desperate and manifestly unjust. Also See: Nobel Peace Prize Centennial Symposium It cannot be expected, therefore, that in all cases they will be content to await the beneficence of the rich. If then we permit the devastating power of modern weaponry to spread through this combustible human landscape, we invite a conflagration that can engulf both rich and poor. The only hope for the future lies in co-operative international action, legitimized by democracy. It is time to turn our backs on the unilateral search for security, in which we seek to shelter behind walls. Instead, we must persist in the quest for united action to counter both global warming and a weaponized world.

34. 41 Nobel Laureates Sign Against A War Without International Support by william J. Broad. Fortyone American nobel laureates in science and economicsissued william N. lipscomb C. Daniel L. McFadden E. Franco Modigliani E http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0128-01.htm

Home Newswire About Us Donate ... Archives Headlines Printer Friendly Version E-Mail This Article Published on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 by the New York Times 41 Nobel Laureates Sign Against a War Without International Support by William J. Broad Forty-one American Nobel laureates in science and economics issued a declaration yesterday opposing a preventive war against Iraq without wide international support. The statement, four sentences long, argues that an American attack would ultimately hurt the security and standing of the United States, even if it succeeds. The signers, all men, include a number who at one time or another have advised the federal government or played important roles in national security. Among them are Hans A. Bethe, an architect of the atom bomb; Walter Kohn, a former adviser to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency at the Pentagon; Norman F. Ramsey, a Manhattan Project scientist who readied the Hiroshima bomb and later advised NATO; and Charles H. Townes, former research director of the Institute for Defense Analyses at the Pentagon and chairman of a federal panel that studied how to base the MX missile and its nuclear warheads. In addition to winning Nobel prizes, 18 of the signers have received the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest science honor.

35. Scientists And Engineers For Change - The Nobel Letter 48 nobel Laureates Endorse John Kerry. An Open Letter to the American People Gunter Blobel, Medicine, 1999, william N. lipscomb, Chemistry, 1976 http://www.scientistsandengineersforchange.org/nobelletter.php

36. Nobel Prize Winners nobel Prize Winners Chemistry. Text in black is taken directly from Encyclopædia lipscomb, william Nunn, Jr. US. for the structure of boranes. http://www.emsb.qc.ca/laurenhill/science/nobelcm.html

Nobel Prize Winners: Chemistry Text in black is taken directly from Encyclopædia Britannica's biographies (see links) or other sources listed at the bottom of the page The descriptions in green are for work that is relevant to high school chemistry. Year Winner Country* Achievement Hoff van't , Jacobus H Netherlands for work on rates of reaction, chemical equilibrium, and osmotic pressure Fischer, Emil Germany Fischer's research on the purines was instituted in 1881. He determined the structures of uric acid, xanthine, caffeine, theobromine, and other related compounds, and he showed that they are all derivatives of a single compound, a nitrogenous base that he named purine. Despite major complications because of stereochemical relations, Fischer was able to use these derivatives to determine the molecular structures of fructose, glucose, and many other sugars, and he was able to verify his results by synthesizing those compounds. He also showed how to distinguish the formulas of the 16 stereoisometric glucoses. In the course of his stereochemical research, Fischer discovered that there are two series of sugars, the D sugars and the L sugars, that are mirror images of each other. His study of sugars led him to investigate the reactions and substances involved in fermentation, and, in his investigations of how enzymes break down sugars, Fischer laid the foundations for enzyme chemistry. Arrhenius, Svante

37. Nobel Prize Award For Chemistry 1976 To 1977 About the nobel Prize Award for Chemistry from 1976 to 1977 including the scientistslipscomb and 1976 william N. lipscomb, Jr. (1919 ), American http://www.trivia-library.com/b/nobel-prize-award-for-chemistry-1976-to-1977.htm

Nobel Prize Award for Chemistry 1976 to 1977 About the Nobel Prize Award for Chemistry from 1976 to 1977 including the scientists Lipscomb and Prigogine, their works, and history. CHEMISTRY 1976 William N. Lipscomb, Jr. (1919- ), American Work: Determined the structure of boranes and their reactions under various conditions, thus providing new insights into the nature of chemical bonding Nobel Laureate: Born in Cleveland and educated at the University of Kentucky and the California Institute of Technology, Lipscomb rose through the professional ranks of the University of Minnesota for 13 years before joining the Harvard faculty in 1959. Although borane research took up much of his early career, recently he has turned to the study of large proteins. The lanky laureate lives in Belmont, Mass. A talented musician, he plays the clarinet for a chamber music group and loves to sit in on living room jam sessions with his son on French horn and his daughter on cello. Tennis keeps him fit. Nobel Lore: Champagne corks flew in Harvard's Gibbs Chemistry Lab when the news from Stockholm hit the Cambridge campus, as students and faculty alike toasted the new laureate. As for Lipscomb, he was flabbergasted. "I knew I had written a lot of nice papers about boranes," he admitted, "but I never actually knew that anyone read them. In science, when you're working on highly original research, the only thing you worry about is not falling flat on your face in your next publication." The $160,000 prize ended, or at least interrupted. organic chemistry's long domination of the awards. The American sweep of the prizes in 1976 led some to speculate that the newly installed pro-West government in Stockholm had twisted a few arms on the Nobel committee to honor the U.S. in this. its bicentennial year. So widespread were the rumors that Sune Bergstrom, chairman of the Nobel Foundation, felt compelled to deny the charge in his opening address at the December ceremony.

38. Nobel Prizes (table) 1937, EAR Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Sir Walter N. Haworth Paul Karrer 1976, Mairead Corrigan Betty williams, william Nunn lipscomb http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0835783.html

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40. American Society For Cell Biology nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1995. william N. lipscomb Abbot and JamesLawrence Professor, Emeritus Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology http://www.ascb.org/publicpolicy/Nobelletter.html

Nobel Letter NATIONAL OFFICE: 8120 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda Maryland 20814-2762 TEL: (301) 347-9300 FAX (301) 347-9310 E-MAIL ascbinfo@ascb.org www.ascb.org Two National Academy of Sciences expert committees, as well as noted national and international organizations, have evaluated current scientific and medical information and have concluded that cloning a human being using the method of nuclear transplantation cannot be achieved safely. Such attempts in other mammals often have catastrophic outcomes.  Furthermore, virtually nothing is known about the potential safety of such procedures in humans. Consequently, there is widespread and strong agreement that an attempt to clone a human being would constitute unwarranted experimentation on human subjects and should be prohibited by legislation that imposes criminal and civil penalties on those who would implant the product of nuclear transplantation into a woman’s uterus. Unfortunately, some legislation, such as that introduced by Senator Brownback (R-KS) would foreclose the legitimate use of nuclear transplantation technology for research and therapeutic purposes. This would impede progress against some of the most debilitating diseases known to man. For example, it may be possible to use nuclear transplantation technology to produce patient-specific embryonic stem cells that could overcome the rejection normally associated with tissue and organ transplantation. Nuclear transplantation technology might also permit the creation of embryonic stem cells with defined genetic constitution, permitting a new and powerful approach to understanding how inherited predispositions lead to a variety of cancers and neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.

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