Khaleej Times

What you can see, experience and try your hand at the Nobel Museum

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> What to look forward to: The Nobel Exhibition 2018 is made up of five sections, showcasing the achievemen­ts of Nobel laureates in five different areas of chemistry: Chemistry of Life, Chemical Reactions, Elements, Molecules, and Chemistry Changing the World.

> Chemistry of Life: Visitors can explore the diverse and complex chemical processes that occur in the human body, which chemistry laureates have studied.

> Chemical Reactions: Videos showcasing the various types of chemical reactions associated with Nobel-Prize-winning discoverie­s. There is also a film about Ahmed Zewail, who documented chemical reactions.

> Elements: Visitors can explore the periodic table of elements, learn the properties of each, or watch a film about worldrenow­ned French-Polish physicist and chemist Marie Curie, who won the Nobel Prize for discoverin­g radium and polonium.

> Molecules: Allows visitors to build their own models of molecules,

view the finished models, or watch a film about British biological chemist and former Nobel Prize winner Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin. > Chemistry Changing the

World: Visitors can see everyday objects that are associated with Nobel-Prize-winning discoverie­s in chemistry. These discoverie­s and their applicatio­ns are also discussed in short films. In one video, students talk about the areas and problems they hope chemistry research will focus on in the future.

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