Russia 1996 Nobel Prize winners. N.N.Semyonov
From Stamps of the World
- Issue Date: 31 January 1996
- Print by: FSUE PTC “Marka”
- Print Process: Offset
- Perforations: 12,5 x 12
- Paper: Coated gummed paper
- Design: Artsymenev Y.
The stamp features the portrait of Nikolai N.Semyonov (1896-1986), a Russian scientist, physicist and physico-chemist, Academician (since 1932). N.N.Semyonov created the general theory of chain reactions, developed the theory of thermal explosion of gas mixtures. Laureate of the Lenin (1976) and the State (1941, 1949) prizes. Awarded the Lomonosov Golden Medal (1970). 1956 Nobel Laureate in chemistry for researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions (together with Sir C.Hinshelwood).
