Prized Science 2011: Episode 1 - Designing the World’s Fastest Camera
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This episode features Ahmed Zewail, Ph.D., winner of the American Chemical Society’s 2011 Priestley Medal, the highest honor from the world’s largest scientific society. It highlights Zewail's development of technology that’s paving the way for new medicines, new fuels, new materials that will give people longer, healthier, happier lives.
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