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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the say-it-ten-times-fast dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2005 has been jointly awarded to Robert H. Grubbs (California Institute of Technology), Richard R. Schrock (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Yves Chauvin (Institut Français du Pétrole) for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis." Advanced [PDF] and supplementary [PDF] information is also available from the Nobel Prize site.

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  1. eat it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    my ass that is

  2. Oh Its the Other Metathesis by Evil+W1zard · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If they were giving an award out for phonetic metathesis then they would have to include GW Bush for the amount of time he has said "nucular" instead of nuclear.

    From Wikipedia Phonetic Metathesis if interested:

    asterix for asterisk
    comfterble for comfortable
    foilage for foliage
    intregal for integral
    julary for jewelry
    nucular for nuclear
    realator for realtor
    revelant for relevant

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  3. Re:dupe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LOL YHBT

  4. guess what !! by garaged · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My linux distro has had postgres and mysql for years !

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  5. Get some priorities! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There are thousands of dead or dying, lazy ass, welfare check grabbing niggers down in New Orleans that need your help and you are talking about Nobel prizes? Get your priorities straight!