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“A discovery is like falling in love and reaching the top of a mountain after a hard climb all in one, an ecstasy not induced by drugs but by the revelation of a face of nature that no one has seen before and that often turns out to be more subtle and wonderful than anyone had imagined.”

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Max Perutz
Max Perutz

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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