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ECS Classics: Story of the Drop -- The Way to the Nobel Prize over the Falling Mercury Droplets

2015; Institute of Physics; Volume: 24; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1149/2.f01154if

ISSN

1944-8783

Autores

Květoslava Stejskalová, M. Heyrovský,

Tópico(s)

History and advancements in chemistry

Resumo

The historical account follows the story of Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890-1967) from his early secondary school interests in science, to the discovery of polarography, and to the eventual recognition of his accomplishments in chemistry by the Nobel Prize award in 1959. This ECS Classics article was written to commemorate Heyrovský's 125th birthday anniversary. The authors also describe a traveling exhibit that commemorates Heyrovský within the Czech Republic.

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