Glenn T. Seaborg
Glenn Theodore Seaborg was an American chemist whose involvement in the synthesis, discovery and investigation of ten transuranium elements earned him a share of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His work in this area also led to his development of the actinide concept and the arrangement of the actinide series in the periodic table of the elements.
Background
- Born in
- Ishpeming
- Educated at
- University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Los AngelesJordan High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Nobel Prize in Chemistry🏆 Legion of Honour🏆 National Medal of Science🏆 Priestley Medal🏆 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 George Ernest Gibson
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Arthur Wahl
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"There is a beauty in discovery. There is mathematics in music, a kinship of science and poetry in the description of nature, and exquisite form in a molecule. Attempts to place different disciplines i…"
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1912
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