Dr. Henry Taube
N 52° 07.845 W 106° 37.977
13U E 388227 N 5776837
Located on the College Building on the the University of Saskatchewan Campus in Saskatoon.
Waymark Code: WMY4P6
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 04/21/2018
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As the plaque reads:
Dr. Henry Taube
Dr. Henry Taube received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1983. His Nobel Citation reads "for his studies of the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions particularly of metal complexes" It was said that his work "dominated the development of his subject both theoretically and experimentally, making 18 major discoveries."
Dr. Taube was born in Neudorf, Saskatchewan and received his B.Sc. (1937) from the University of Saskatchewan. In 1940 he completed his Ph.D. at the University of California (Berkeley).
In his acceptance speech. Dr. Taube said, "But the benefits of science are not to be reckoned only in terms of the physical. Science as an intellectual exercise enriches our culture and is in itself ennobling. Each new insight into how the atoms in their interactions express themselves in structures and transformations, not only of inanimate matter, but particularly also of living matter, provides a thrill."
Marker type: Plaque on Stone Building
Marker placement date: Not listed
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