Question: Recently Ahmed Hassan Zewail passed away. He was a-
(a) Scientist
(b) Politician
(c) Actors
(d) Writer
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 2 August 2016 Nobel Prize-winner, Egyptian-American scientist Ahmed Hassan Zewail passed away in California, United States of America. He was 70.
- He is known as the “father of femtochemistry”.
- He won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry.
- He became the first Arab to win a Nobel Prize in a scientific field.
- He was a science and technology advisor to President Barack Obama.
Reference:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egyptian-chemist-zewail-noble-prize-winner-dies-at-70/2016/08/02/a5ac355a-58fb-11e6-8b48-0cb344221131_story.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nobel-egypt-zewail-idUSKCN10D2CP