Abstract
Some 800 scientists attended a symposium at Maison de la Chimie in Paris last month to celebrate the centenary of Chimie-Paris, otherwise known as Ecole National Superieure de Chimie de Paris [National Higher School of Chemistry of Paris]. The school was founded as a laboratory of practical and industrial chemistry at the University of Paris in 1896 by chemist Charles Friedel, codiscoverer of the famous Friedel-Crafts reaction. It is now affiliated with Pierre & Marie Curie University in Paris. Chimie-Paris is one of the leading French 'Grande Ecoles' for research in chemistry and chemical engineering, comments Pierre Potier, president of the Maison de la Chimie Foundation. The foundation was established in 1928 to provide a meeting place for international organizations and academic societies and to promote the science of chemistry in all its applications. The centenary symposium, which was opened by Potier, aimed to highlight the importance of chemistry and chemical industry to society. The ...
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