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Vladimir Prelog
Scientist
Born:
Jul 23
,
1906
Died:
Jan 7
,
1998
Essence
Grateful
Image
Me
Mirror
World
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I was born on July 23rd, 1906, in Sarajevo in the province of Bosnia, which then belonged to the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy and later, in 1918, became part of Yugoslavia.
Vladimir Prelog
Later
Born
Bosnia
Part
Became
Province
July
Which
Then
Yugoslavia
Monarchy
Belonged
For many years, when still a Yugoslav citizen, I was already a Swiss patriot, and in 1959, I obtained Swiss citizenship. However, I consider myself a world citizen, and I am very grateful to my adopted country that it allows me to be one.
Vladimir Prelog
Myself
Me
Grateful
World
Citizen
Country
Consider
Citizenship
Adopted
Obtained
Am
Still
However
Years
Very
Patriot
Many
Swiss
Many objects of our three-dimensional perceptual world are not only chiral but appear in nature in two versions, related at least ideally, as a chiral object and its mirror image.
Vladimir Prelog
Nature
World
Mirror
Related
Our
Object
Three-Dimensional
Objects
Only
Perceptual
Ideally
Least
Versions
Many
Appear
Image
Two
To grasp the essence of chirality, it is instructive to withdraw for a moment from the familiar three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional one, into a plane, and enquire what chirality means there.
Vladimir Prelog
World
Three-Dimensional
Withdraw
Familiar
Essence
Plane
Means
Moment
Grasp
Two-Dimensional
A planar geometrical figure with more than three vertices can be decomposed into a set of triangles, and it can be reconstructed from a set of triangles.
Vladimir Prelog
Three
More
Geometrical
Than
Figure
Set
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