Odd Hassel was a Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate. Physical Chemistry is the combined science of physics, chemistry, thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics which functions to provide molecular-level interpretations of observed macroscopic phenomena. ... The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ...

He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), 17 May 1897. His parents were Ernst Hassel, a gynaecologist, and Mathilde née Klaveness. County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The shamefulness associated with the examination of female genitalia has long inhibited the science of gynaecology. ...

In 1915 he entered Oslo University where he studied mathematics, physics and chemistry and graduated in 1920. After a year of leisure in southern Europe he went to Germany where he first spent some time in Munich in the laboratory of Professor Kasimir Fajans. His work there led to the development of adsorption indicators. After moving to Berlin he worked at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, carrying out X-ray crystallographic work. During that time he obtained, with the help of Fritz Haber, a Rockefeller Fellowship. In 1924 he obtained his PhD from the Berlin University. From 1925 to 1964 he worked at the University of Oslo in various functions on physical chemistry. 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Mathematics Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Mathematics Look up Mathematics on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: Mathematics Bogomolny, Alexander: Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles. ... Since antiquity, people have tried to understand the behavior of matter: why unsupported objects drop to the ground, why different materials have different properties, and so forth. ... Chemistry (in Greek: χημεία) is the science of matter that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of substances and with the transformations that they undergo. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German state of Bavaria. ... Kasimierz Fajans or Kasimir Fajans (27 May 1887 - 18 May 1975), was a Polish-American chemist who did valuable work on chemical bonding and on radioactivity and isotopes. ...   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city; down from 4. ... Kaiser Wilhelm Institute (in German Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft) was the name of a number of scientific institutes in Germany before World War II. After 1945 they were re-organised and renamed as Max Planck Institutes. ... Fritz Haber (December 9, 1868 – January 29, 1934) was a German chemist. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Hassel's main interest during the first years at the University dealt with inorganic chemistry, but from 1930 onwards his work was concentrated on problems connected with molecular structure, particularly the structure of cyclohexane and its derivatives. He introduced to Norway the measurements of electric dipole moments and electron diffraction by vapours. A short paper on the conformations of cyclohexane had just been published in a Norwegian journal when Hassel was arrested by Norwegian Nazis. Released in November 1944 he found the institute almost deserted. A cyclohexane molecule in chair conformation, with hydrogen atoms in axial position in red, equatorial in blue. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

During the early 1950s Hassel investigated the structure of charge-transfer compounds, and after some years work he was able to set up rules for the geometry of this kind of compound. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1969, jointly with Sir Derek Barton. // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... Chemistry (in Greek: χημεία) is the science of matter that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of substances and with the transformations that they undergo. ... Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton was a British physical chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate. ...

He died 11 May 1981. May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...