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Born August 20, 1936 • Tokyo • Japan
Died August 24, 2026 (aged 90) • Yokohama • Japan
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2000)
Subjects Of Study electrical conductivity • polyacetylene
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Osamu Shimomura
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Negishi Ei-ichi
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Suzuki Akira
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Wilhelm Ostwald.
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Frederick Sanger
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Fritz Haber
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Irving Langmuir
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Marie Curie
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