"I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new."Yves Chauvin
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French - Chemist|October 10, 1930 - January 27, 2015
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Yves Chauvin Quotes
Read Yves Chauvin quotes on curiosity, self-teaching and humble beginnings from the French chemist who shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
"I had no training in research as such, and as a consequence, I am, in a sense, self-taught."Yves Chauvin
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"To be perfectly truthful, I was not a very brilliant student, even at chemistry school."Yves Chauvin
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About Yves Chauvin
French - Chemist | Born October 10, 1930 - January 27, 2015
# Yves Chauvin Quotes
Yves Chauvin was a French chemist who shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock. He was honored for explaining how olefin metathesis works, a reaction now widely used to make medicines, plastics and other materials more efficiently and with less waste.
Chauvin spent much of his career at the French Institute of Petroleum (IFP). He was famously modest about his abilities, and his quotes show a curious, largely self-taught scientist driven by a love of reading and discovery.
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Who was Yves Chauvin?
Yves Chauvin was a French chemist who shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Why did Yves Chauvin win the Nobel Prize?
He was recognized for explaining the mechanism of olefin metathesis, an important reaction in organic chemistry.
Who shared the Nobel Prize with Yves Chauvin?
He shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock.
What is Yves Chauvin's most famous quote?
A humble line is "To be perfectly truthful, I was not a very brilliant student, even at chemistry school."