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Birth Name:

John Polanyi

Male

Birth Date:

Wed, Jan 23, 1929

Time of Birth:

12:00 AM

Place of Birth:

Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Age:

95

Zodiac Sign:

Aquarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

2°

Aqu

28'

Moon

0°

Can

5'

Asc

20°

Lib

59'

MC

28°

Can

6'

About John Polanyi

John Charles Polanyi, PC CC FRSC OOnt FRS (born 23 January 1929) is a Hungarian-Canadian chemist who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for his research in chemical kinetics. Polanyi was born in Berlin, Germany prior to his family emigrating in 1933 to the United Kingdom where he was subsequently educated at the University of Manchester, and did postdoctoral research at the National Research Council in Canada and Princeton University in New Jersey. Polanyi's first academic appointment was at the University of Toronto, and he remains there as of 2019[update]. In addition to the Nobel Prize, Polanyi has received numerous other awards, including 33 honorary degrees, the Wolf Prize in Chemistry and the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering. Outside his scientific pursuits, Polanyi is active in public policy discussion, especially concerning science and nuclear weapons. His father, Mihály (Michael), was a noted chemist and philosopher. His uncle Karl was an economist. According to György Marx he was one of "The Martians", a group of prominent Hungarian scientists who emigrated to the United States in the first half of the 20th century.

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External Links:

• John Polanyi on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1986 Some Concepts in Reaction Dynamics

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for John Polanyi: Sun 2 Aquarius, Moon 0 Cancer, Mercury 21 Aquarius, Venus 18 Pisces, Mars 21 Gemini, Jupiter 1 Taurus, Saturn 26 Sagittarius, Uranus 4 Aries, Neptune 0 Virgo, Pluto 16 Cancer, Asc 20 Libra, Mc 28 Cancer, Moon Sextile Neptune, Sun Quincunx Moon, Sun Sextile Uranus, Moon Square Uranus, Sun Quincunx Neptune, Mercury Trine Ascendant, Moon Opposition Saturn, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Square Jupiter, Sun Opposition Midheaven, Moon Sextile Jupiter, Moon Semi Sextile Midheaven, Mercury Trine Mars, Mercury Semi Square Uranus, Venus Square Mars, Venus Semi Square Jupiter, Venus Trine Pluto, Venus Quincunx Ascendant, Mars Opposition Saturn, Mars Trine Ascendant, Jupiter Trine Neptune, Jupiter Square Midheaven, Saturn Trine Neptune, Saturn Quincunx Midheaven, Neptune Semi Square Pluto, Pluto Square Ascendant

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