Human Accomplishment: Giulio Natta

an Italian chemical engineer and Nobel laureate. He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963 with Karl Ziegler for work on high polymers

Born

26 February 1903 Imperia, Italy

Died

2 May 1979 (aged 76) Bergamo, Italy

Nationality

Italian

Known for

Ziegler–Natta catalyst Natta projection

Fields

Organic chemistry

Alma mater

Politecnico di Milano

Awards

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1963) Lomonosov Gold Medal (1969)

Institutions

Pavia University University of Rome La Sapienza Politecnico di Torino

adultbasic

Italy

era

1800+

Giulio Natta