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 | | Jons Jacob Berzelius, shown here as a student at Upsala University in 1799, was destined to become one of th most celebrated scientists of his era, and an honored member of almost every learned society in Europe. |
 | | The atomic weights used today are essentially his, as are the symbols for the elements and the way in which we write chemical formulas, and his love of words gave us the terms isomer, polymer, allotrope, and protein. |
 | | The aging Berzelius, his health severely compromised by a life amid toxic vapors in a nearly unventilated work space, persisted until the end, even as some of his most cherished theories were being demolished by a new generation of chemists. |
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