Herbert Brown was born in London, in 1912 and since early childhood had to provide for his poor family. That did not stop him from succesfully completing his education. In 1979 Herbert Brown received the Nobel prize in chemistry "for developing the use of boron in organic synthesis." Brown's methods are used worldwide as basic procedures in ...

Albert Einstein was born to a German Jewish family; he studied in Munich, Germany, then in Zurich, Switzerland, where he received his doctorate. From 1909, he taught and participated in scientific research at Universities and Academies throughout Europe. In 1921, he was awarded the Nobel prize for physics. When Hitler rises to power, Einstein ...

Roald Hoffmann was born in Zloczow, Poland, in 1937. His father was killed during the Second World War, and he and his family became refugees, moving from one displaced person camp to another until 1949, when they eventually settled in the United States. These are the words of Hoffmann, the Holocaust survivor, the scientist and the poet ...