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List of Swiss inventors and discoverers

This is a list of Swiss inventors and discoverers. The following list comprises people from Switzerland, and also people of predominantly Swiss heritage, in alphabetical order of the surname.

Existing:  A B C D E F G H  I   [[#J|J Q R S T U V W X Y Z
See also Notes References External links

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Felix Bloch.

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Henry Dunant, in 1901
  • Henry Dunant, (nobel prize), inventor of The Red Cross. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 with Frédéric Passy, famous French Peace activist.
  • Jacques Dubochet (chemistry nobel prize 2017), bio-physicist, received a nobel for his work on the development of cryogenic electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of bio-molecules in solution.[1] In 2020, the developments in the field helped to support the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. This technology help to study the viral assembly and replication processes at a molecule scale. It enabled to quickly understand the spike protein structure of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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Albert Hofmann.

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Emil Theodor Kocher.

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Paul Hermann Müller
  • Paul Hermann Müller, discovery of insecticidal qualities and use of DDT in the control of vector diseases such as malaria and yellow fever.

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Auguste Piccard.

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René Sommer (right) with Douglas Engelbart (left).

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Alfred Werner
 
Kurt Wüthrich

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
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