Towards the Light

Plants: From Roots to Riches by BBC

Aug 4, 201414:02Society & Culture

The Nobel prize for Chemistry was awarded to German scientist Richard Willstatter in 1915 for his analysis of the green plant pigment chlorophyll. It marked a significant moment in the long history of piecing together th...

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