song for my father (nobel prize related)

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  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    Andrew, that is incredible. I'm sitting here bugging out like everyone else!

    That's such a huge honor and a lifetime achievement. And wow, again, that's just incredible.

    Pops, you get props over here!

  • 99Problems99Problems 1,541 Posts

    Out of curiousity, what did he do to merit the award? (I know almost nothing about science!!)

    He developed the metathesis method in organic synthesis, foll.

    Oh, right....DUH!!!

  • Couldn't be prouder of you dad! We're completely blown away and too excited to go back to sleep. If we had any champagne we'd be popping it, and watch out for the science paparazzi!!

    http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/2005/index.html
    http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&Nyheter=&artikel=706968
    http://www.sciscoop.com/story/2005/10/5/62054/0894


    holy shit!!!

    dude, are you into science or are you anti-science? can your dad write me a grad school recommendation? say whattup to the king for me.

  • sticky_dojahsticky_dojah New York City. 2,136 Posts
    This is the only chemistry award that people know.

    NOBELRAER


    (I know almost nothing about science!!)


    Congrats to your father!! This is the ultimate! Real head knows the deal! Literally just now I watch the news here in Germany and they brought it. The news expressed the metathesis method in organic synthesis as a "dance of the molecules with a change of partners"...

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    Dude your dad totally bit my idea.
























































    I'm lying of course. Congratulations, that's absolutely incredible!!!

  • Thanks all.... it's been a wild day. My dad's # has been busy for the entire morning. After they dropped his name on NPR everybody on the east coast called him at once.

    December I'll be in Sweden for a little

    The bar's been set... shall we say... a LITTLE high?

    On the upside, I'm not above catching some of that secondhand nobel heat. Already I've had professors come into my office today introducing themselves... I have no idea who they are... but hey, defending my thesis is only just around the corner, and I'm not above some schmoozing

  • Amazing. After that, seems like it'd be child's play for him to be able to synthesize raer records out of dollar bin ones. Once you can do that, Ebay will implode and you will rule the world.

    Was he aware for a long time that the award was coming his way? or was it a kind of a surprise?

  • GrafwritahGrafwritah 4,184 Posts
    Can I get an autograph?
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