Quote of the day
Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because they don't see it—but there is.
Jean-Marie Lehn
Born: September 30, 1939 (age 87)
Bio: Jean-Marie Lehn is a French chemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Donald Cram and Charles Pedersen in 1987 for his synthesis of cryptands. Lehn was an early innovator in the field of supramolecular chemistry, i.e.
Known for:
- Supramolecular chemistry (1995)
- Inorganic Chemistry (1981)
- Synthetic and Structural Problems (2006)
- Inorganic Biochemistry (1976)
- Alkali Metal Complexes with Organic Ligands (1973)








