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	Encyclopedia: Michael Polanyi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Polanyi's scientific interests were diverse, embracing chemical kinetics, x-ray diffraction and the absorption of gases at solid surfaces.
		Polanyi criticised the notion of absolute objectivity and acknowledges the importance of inherited practices, ideas that were to influence the thought and work of Thomas Kuhn in the 1960s.
		Polanyi was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Michael-Polanyi (1843 words)

	John Polanyi Official Website, Profile: Killam Biography
		John Charles Polanyi was born in Berlin, Germany, of Hungarian parents, Michael Polanyi and Magda Elizabeth (Kemeny) Polanyi.
		Polanyi is fond of asking sponsors of basic research who insist on evident promise of applications, whether they would have been far-sighted enough to support studies of barely detectable luminescence as a means to the development of the most powerful lasers in existence.
		John Polanyi was married in 1958 to "Sue" Davidson (Anne Ferrar Davidson) of Toronto, a musician and piano teacher.
	www.utoronto.ca /jpolanyi/profile/profile2.html (2571 words)

	Polanyi, John Charles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		John Polanyi is the son of Michael Polanyi, the celebrated Hungarian scientist and philosopher.
		John Polanyi came to Canada in 1952, to do research at the NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL.
		Polanyi has called for arms control and nuclear disarmament, and for spending more money on universities and on scientific research.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=J0006362 (253 words)

	John Polanyi - Scientist
		John Polanyi was born in Germany but his father moved his family to England in 1933.
		Polanyi's father became a distinguished chemistry professor at the University of Manchester.
		John Polanyi was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1986 with two other scientists.
	canada-heros.com /polanyi_john.html (209 words)

	John Polanyi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		John Charles Polanyi (born January 23, 1929) is a German / Canadian chemist.
		He was born in Berlin, son of distinguished chemist Michael and of Magda Elizabeth Polanyi.
		The family moved to England in 1933 where Polanyi studied at the University of Manchester, his father's workplace, achievinghis doctorate in 1952.
	www.therfcc.org /john-polanyi-56523.html (114 words)

	John Charles Polanyi -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		John Charles Polanyi (born January 23, 1929) is a (A person of German nationality) German/ (A river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma) Canadian (A scientist who specializes in chemistry) chemist.
		He was born in (Capital of Germany located in eastern Germany) Berlin, son of distinguished (A native or inhabitant of Hungary) Hungarian chemist ((Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews) Michael and of Magda Elizabeth Polanyi.
		The family moved to (A division of the United Kingdom) England in 1933 where Polanyi studied at the (additional info and facts about University of Manchester) University of Manchester, his father's workplace, achieving his doctorate in 1952.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_charles_polanyi.htm (326 words)

	John Charles Polanyi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was born in Berlin, son of distinguished Hungarian chemist Michael Polanyi and of Magda Elizabeth Polanyi.
		The family moved to England in 1933 where Polanyi studied at the University of Manchester; his father's workplace; achieving his doctorate in 1952.
		Emigrating to Canada in 1952, he worked for the National Research Council of Canada before moving to the University of Toronto in 1956, where he has been a University Professor since 1974.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_von_Polanyi (239 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Charles Louis John (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Charles Louis John (1771-1847), archduke of Austria, third son of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, born in Florence, Italy.
		Polanyi, John Charles, born in 1929, German-born Canadian chemist and Nobel Prize winner.
		Polanyi is a leader in the study of reaction dynamics...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Charles_Louis_John.html (156 words)

	Canadian Who's Who 1997: Nobel Prize [sample]
		John A. Allan Lectr., Univ. of Alberta 1984;
		John & Lois Dove Memorial Lectr., Univ. of Toronto 1992;
		John C. Polanyi Nobel Laureate Lectures, Univ. of Toronto 1995;
	www.utpress.utoronto.ca /cww/polanyi.html (256 words)

	MSU Chemistry - Gallery of Chemists' Photo-Portraits and Mini-Biographies - Individual
		In another area, Polanyi first detected a transition state species (F...Na...Na in the reaction of F with Na) as a consequence of emission that is substantially altered in wavelength by the effect of the reactive collision.
		Polanyi has made seminal contributions in yet a third research area, surface aligned photochemistry where, for example, photoinduced reactions between co-adsorbed molecules have been observed.
		Polanyi was born in Berlin (his father, Michael Polanyi, was a distinguished professor of physical chemistry there) but in 1933 (Hitler era) moved to England where he was educated in the Manchester Grammer School and later the University of Manchester (Ph.D. In 1956 he joined the faculty of the University of Toronto, Canada.
	www.chemistry.msu.edu /Portraits/PortraitsHH_Detail.asp?HH_LName=Polanyi (270 words)

	Government of Ontario, Canada - News
		Established in 1986, the Polanyi Prize recognizes the achievement of Dr. John Charles Polanyi, of the University of Toronto, who received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in reaction dynamics.
		Polanyi Prize recipients for 2004 are: Dr. Chérif Matta, McMaster University, for Chemistry Dr. Natalie Kazumi Goto, University of Ottawa, for Chemistry Dr. Andrea Most, University of Toronto, for Literature Dr. Anthony Orlando Gramolini, University of Toronto, for Physiology/Medicine The recipients will be honoured on November 30, 2004, from 11:30 a.m.
		Backgrounder ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 POLANYI PRIZES Established in 1986, the Polanyi Prizes are awarded in recognition of the achievement of Dr. John Charles Polanyi, of the University of Toronto, who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in reaction dynamics.
	ogov.newswire.ca /ontario/GPOE/2004/11/23/c6418.html?... (520 words)

	provost - Professor John C. Polanyi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		John Charles Polanyi, educated at Manchester University, England, was a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University and the National Research Council of Canada.
		At the present time the Polanyi laboratory is studying chemical reactions one molecule at a time, under the tip of a Scanning Tunneling Microscope to determine the atomic motions giving rise to the reactive event.
		John Polanyi has served on the Prime Minister of Canada's Advisory Board on Science and Technology and the Premier's Council of Ontario.
	www.provost.utoronto.ca /English/Professor-John-C.html (293 words)

	Scientists Discuss Militarization of Space
		Polanyi used this important example to illustrate the mechanisms of the arms race.
		Polanyi made extensive use of a recent unclassified document sponsored by the American Physical Society to draw the public's attention to the problems in system reliability that researchers in S.D.I. face.
		On May 4, Dr. Polanyi, Dr. Pollonetsky, Chair of the Ottawa chapter of Canadian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Dr. Sagenur of CPPNW, the Chair of Lawyers for Social Responsibility, and Dr. Mingarelli attended a meeting with Hon.
	perc.ca /PEN/1987-06/mingarelli.html (543 words)

	science.ca Profile : John Charles Polanyi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Because Polanyi understood the source of the feeble light emissions in his experiment, he was able to predict exactly what kind of energy needed to be applied to make this chemical reaction take place.
		When Polanyi was 11 years old his father, who was a chemistry professor at the University of Manchester in England, sent him to Canada so that he would not be hurt during World War II bombings in England.
		Polanyi’s experiments began a new field of chemistry called reaction dynamics, the prediction of the pattern of the motion of molecules in a chemical reaction.
	www.science.ca /scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=16 (1128 words)

	John Charles Polanyi
		John Charles Polanyi doit en autre son prestige à son père qui était un très grand chercheur et qui fût une de ses plus grandes influences.
		John Polanyi découvrit ce phénomène en se servant de l'excitation des molécules.
		John Polanyi et son équipe découvraient alors la spectroscopie* de l'état de transition.
	mendeleiev.cyberscol.qc.ca /chimisterie/2002-2003/MLLandreville.html (1107 words)

	John Charles Polanyi Biography / Biography of John Charles Polanyi Biography
		John Charles Polanyi (born 1929) was a Hungarian scientist whose work with chemical reactions led to the construction of a "chemical laser" and to a share of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
		John Polanyi was descended from a gifted Hungarian family.
		John's father, Michael, was an accomplished chemist and philosopher.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-john-charles-polanyi/index.html (248 words)

	Cunningham announces 1999 Polanyi Prizes > News Release > Ministry of Education / Ministry of Training, Colleges ...
		TORONTO – (October 29, 1999) Five dedicated university researchers were today named as the 1999 recipients of the John Charles Polanyi Prizes by Dianne Cunningham, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities.
		The Ontario government established the Polanyi Prizes in 1986 in recognition of the achievement of Dr. John Charles Polanyi, of the University of Toronto, who received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in reaction dynamics.
		Each year the Polanyi Prizes, worth $15,000 each, can be awarded in the fields of Chemistry, Literature, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Economic Science to scholars and researchers planning to continue postdoctoral studies at an Ontario university.
	www.edu.gov.on.ca /eng/document/nr/99.10/polanyi99.html (250 words)

	Michael Polanyi - Chemical Heritage Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It was the plentiful existence of this first tier in Michael’s generation that made it possible for one so casually educated in science as he to make the contribution that he did.
		John Charles Polanyi is a member of the chemistry faculty at the University of Toronto.
		Einstein corresponded at length with the totally unknown army officer Michael Polanyi on this topic and the related one of osmosis, the tendency of liquids to pass through membranes toward dissolved material.
	www.chemheritage.org /pubs/ch-articles/v23n1-polanyi1.html (1010 words)

	1997/187: Polanyi Prize to Prof. Julia Wright, November 25, 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Ontario government established the Polanyi Prizes 11 years ago in recognition of the achievement of Prof.
		John Charles Polanyi, of the University of Toronto, who was named co-recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in reaction dynamics.
		Previous UW winners were Marcia Wehlau who received the 1996 Polanyi Prize in physics; Elizabeth Meiering who won the chemistry prize in 1995; and Thomas Steele who took the physics prize in 1989.
	www.adm.uwaterloo.ca /infonews/release/1997/187%20Prof.%20Julia%20Wright%20wins%20Polanyi%20Prize,%20November%2025,%201997.html (187 words)

	AllRefer.com - John Charles Polanyi (Chemistry, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Raised and educated in England, he worked as a researcher in Canada before taking a teaching position at the Univ. of Toronto in 1956.
		Polanyi shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Dudley Herschbach and Yuan Lee.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on John Charles Polanyi
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	John Charles Polanyi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Born to an expatriate Hungarian family, Polanyi was reared in England and attended Manchester University (Ph.D., 1952; D.Sc., 1964).
		He accepted a research position with the National Research Council of Canada in 1952 and began teaching at the University of Toronto in 1956, accepting the title of university professor in 1974.
		By means of spectroscopic analysis of the changes in emitted light that take place during a chemical reaction, he was able to trace the exchange of chemical bonds, thus helping to detail the disposal of excess energy that occurs during the process of chemical reaction.
	www.nobel-winners.com /Chemistry/john_charles_polanyi.html (186 words)

	John C. Polanyi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Professor of Science at the Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Dr. Polanyi is University Professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
		The location of the conversation with John Polanyi, on Tuesday, August 1, 1995, was his quiet office but his schedule was only slightly less busy than Logan Airport.
		The interview with Professor Polanyi is augmented here by the brief speech he gave at the Stockholm City Hall on the occasion of the Nobel Prize ceremonies in December 1986.
	www.kfki.hu /~cheminfo/polanyi/9702/hargitta.html (3857 words)

	* News @Guelph *
		Polanyi is one of Ontario's - and Canada's - truly great scientists and individuals.
		Svensson's primary area of expertise is gamma-ray spectroscopy, which he uses to study the properties of the atomic nucleus.
		Established in 1986, the Polanyi Prizes are awarded in recognition of the achievements of University of Toronto professor John Charles Polanyi, who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in reaction dynamics.
	www.uoguelph.ca /atguelph/01-10-17/articles/polanyi.html (430 words)

	Biography of John Charles Polanyi \| Theses on John Charles Polanyi
		John Charles Polanyi (born 1929) was a Hungarian scientist whose work with chemical reactions led to the construction of a "chemical laser" and to a share of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.John Polanyi was descended from a gifted Hungarian family.
		Further Reading There is no book on John Polanyi, though Tyler Wasson, ed., Nobel Prize Winners (1987) and Laylin K. James, ed., Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901-1992 (1993) contain good information on the scientific discoveries and can be used to trace other developments of the laser.
		Polanyi himself has published over 180 papers in scientific journals and produced a film, Concepts in Reaction Dynamics (1970).
	www.paperadepts.com /biographies/John_Charles_Polanyi-30909.html (314 words)

	Chemistry professor becomes 14th uOttawa Polanyi prize winner \| News Releases & Announcements \| Media Room
		OTTAWA, November 25, 2004 — Assistant professor of chemistry Natalie Kazumi Goto is one of four 2004 recipients of the Polanyi Prize.
		The Polanyi Prizes were created in 1986 to commemorate the achievements of Prof.
		Polanyi, who spent most of his working life at teh University of Toronto, won the 1986 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work in the dynamics of chemical reactions.
	www.media.uottawa.ca /mediaroom/news_details-e.php?nid=426 (302 words)

	McMaster Chemistry Extracts 1999: Graduate Student Highlights
		Established in 1986 by the Ontario Government, the Polanyi Prizes are awarded in honour of Dr. John Charles Polanyi (University of Toronto), co-recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
		Each year Polanyi Prizes are awarded to outstanding scholars and researchers (young faculty members and postdoctoral fellows) working at an Ontario university in the area of Chemistry, Literature, Physics, Physiology, Medicine, or Economic Science.
		John Lehmann has received one of several Dalley Fellowships (1999/00, renewable for three years) and was named a Marauder Scholar for excellence in academics and athletics.
	www.chemistry.mcmaster.ca /extracts/extracts99/grad_highlights (1280 words)

	Cunningham announces Polanyi Prizes 2001 > News Release > Ministry of Education / Ministry of Training, Colleges ...
		TORONTO – Five outstanding university researchers were announced today as recipients of the John Charles Polanyi Prizes for 2001 by Dianne Cunningham, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities.
		The Polanyi Prizes, worth $15,000 each, are awarded annually in the fields of Chemistry, Literature, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Economic Science to exceptional young researchers in the early stages of their career who are currently working at an Ontario university.
		The Ontario government established the Polanyi Prizes in 1986 in recognition of the achievement of Dr. John Charles Polanyi of the University of Toronto, who was named co-recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in reaction dynamics.
	www.edu.gov.on.ca /eng/document/nr/01.10/nr1018.html (274 words)

	John Polanyi Official Website Public Affairs Making Discoveries
		The new flowering of science came, as is usual, from the lonely work of a few eccentrics who found their way to one another through the network of global scientific gossip.
		Charles II of England, who more than three centuries ago was among the first rulers to sponsor science, was also prominent among those who mocked it.
		When he heard that the Royal Society of London was studying vacuum, he asked caustically why these gentlemen should be encouraged to waste their time, quite literally, on nothing.
	www.toronto.edu /jpolanyi/public_affairs/public_affairs4f.html (3526 words)

	YORK UNIVERSITY MEDIA RELEASE
		York University chemist Alexandre Shvartsburg will receive the John Charles Polanyi Prize on Thursday, November 2 for his work in ion mobility spectrometry, which has significant implications in the field of high-temperature superconductivity and the semiconductor industry.
		The Ontario government awards the Polanyi prizes each year to young scholars and researchers planning to continue postdoctoral studies at an Ontario university in the fields of chemistry, literature, physics, physiology or medicine, and economics.
		Worth $15,000 each, the prizes are named for Canadian scientist, Professor John Charles Polanyi, who received the 1986 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work in reaction dynamics.
	www.yorku.ca /mediar/releases_1996_2000/archive/110100.htm (377 words)

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