John Charles Polanyi (born January 23, 1929) is a Canadian chemist. January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A chemist is a scientist who specializes in chemistry. ...

He was born in Berlin, son of distinguished Hungarian chemist Michael and of Magda Elizabeth Polanyi. The family moved to England in 1933 where Polanyi studied at the University of Manchester, his father's workplace, achieving his doctorate in 1952. Emigrating to Canada in 1952, he worked for the National Research Council of Canada before moving to the University of Toronto in 1956, where he has been a University Professor since 1974.   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... Michael Polanyi (March 11, 1891 - February 22, 1976) was a Hungarian/ British polymath whose thought and work extended across physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The University of Manchester in Manchester, England is a university that was formed from the merger of the Victoria University of Manchester (commonly known as the University of Manchester before the merger) and UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) on 1 October 2004. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Plaque on the main NRC building in Ottawa. ... Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto (U of T), in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest university in Canada and one of the most important scholarly publishers in North America. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He is a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada (P.C.). In 1974 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1979. The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, awarded to those who adhere to the Orders motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam meaning desiring a better country. ...

Through development of the technique of infrared chemiluminescence he developed the understanding of chemical kinetics. Image of a small dog taken in mid-infrared (thermal) light (false color) Infrared (IR) radiation is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation. ... Chemoluminescence (sometimes chemiluminescence) is the emission of light (luminescence) as the result of a chemical reaction. ... A rate equation is a mathematical expression used in chemistry to link the rate of a reaction to each reactant and their various orders. ...

He also won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Yuan T. Lee and Dudley R. Herschbach "for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes." 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... Lee Yuan-tseh was a scientist at LBNL when he won his Nobel Prize in 1986. ... Dudley Robert Herschbach (born June 18, 1932), a chemist and Frank B. Baird Jr. ...

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