Quotes by Donald J. Cram

About Donald J. Cram:

Donald James Cram was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity." They were the founders of the field of host-guest chemistry.
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Any chemist reading this book can see, in some detail, how I have spent most of my mature life. They can become familiar with the quality of my mind and imagination. They can make judgements about my research abilities. They can tell how well I have ...

Donald J. Cram

Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired. Evolution has produced chemical compounds exquisitely organized to accomplish the most complicated and delicate of tasks. Many organic...

Donald J. Cram

Author Bio

  • NameDonald J. Cram
  • DescriptionAmerican chemist
  • BornApril 22, 1919
  • DiedJune 17, 2001
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionChemist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Nobel Prize In Chemistry; Willard Gibbs Award; NAS Award In Chemical Sciences