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“Discoveries cannot be planned, they pop up, like Puck, in unexpected corners”

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Max Perutz was a renowned scientist known for his contributions to the study of protein structures. Born in May 1914 and passing away in February 2002, Perutz's work in crystallography was pivotal in understanding the three-dimensional structure of proteins, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1962. more

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