George Porter

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967

“for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy”

George Porter was a British chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967 for his studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy. At the time of the award, he was affiliated with the Royal Institution of Great Britain.