Quote of the day
A society that has made 'nostalgia' a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today.
Jean-Marie Lehn
Born: September 30, 1939 (age 86)
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)








