Famous scientists with poor intro chemistry grades
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To encourage the youth: A list of famous scientists who are “on the record” about receiving poor grades in general chemistry or organic chemistry…*
- Moungi Bawendi (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2023) flunked his first general chemistry exam
- Tomas Lindahl (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2015) failed high school chemistry
- Harold Varmus (Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1989) got a C in organic chemistry (p. 14)
For the record, I am neither a famous scientist, nor did I receive anything but an A in gen chem and orgo.
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