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Arie Jan Haagen-Smit, the Glossary

Arie Jan Haagen-Smit (December 22, 1900 – March 17, 1977) was a Dutch chemist.^[1]

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Scientists from Utrecht (city)

Air pollution

Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials.

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American Chemical Society

The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry.

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Arnold Beckman

Arnold Orville Beckman (April 10, 1900 – May 18, 2004) was an American chemist, inventor, investor, and philanthropist. Arie Jan Haagen-Smit and Arnold Beckman are California Institute of Technology faculty and national Medal of Science laureates.

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Auxin

Auxins (plural of auxin) are a class of plant hormones (or plant-growth regulators) with some morphogen-like characteristics.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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California Air Resources Board

The California Air Resources Board (CARB or ARB) is an agency of the government of California that aims to reduce air pollution.

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California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California.

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Chemist

A chemist (from Greek chēm(ía) alchemy; replacing chymist from Medieval Latin alchemist) is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field.

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Crankcase ventilation system

A crankcase ventilation system (CVS) removes unwanted gases from the crankcase of an internal combustion engine.

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El Monte, California

El Monte (Spanish for "The Mountain") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Elliott Cresson Medal

The Elliott Cresson Medal, also known as the Elliott Cresson Gold Medal, was the highest award given by the Franklin Institute.

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Frits Warmolt Went

Frits Warmolt Went (May 18, 1903 – May 1, 1990) was a Dutch biologist whose 1928 experiment demonstrated the existence of auxin in plants. Arie Jan Haagen-Smit and Frits Warmolt Went are scientists from Utrecht (city) and Utrecht University alumni.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hodgkins Medal

The Hodgkins Medal is awarded annually or biennially by the Smithsonian Institution for important contributions to the understanding of the physical environment as it affects the welfare of man.

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Hogere Burgerschool

The Hogere Burgerschool (HBS) (Dutch: Higher Civic School) was a secondary school type that existed between 1863 and 1974 in the Netherlands and the Dutch Empire.

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Hormone

A hormone (from the Greek participle ὁρμῶν, "setting in motion") is a class of signaling molecules in multicellular organisms that are sent to distant organs or tissues by complex biological processes to regulate physiology and behavior.

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Hydrocarbon

In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.

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Kenneth V. Thimann

Kenneth Vivian Thimann (August 5, 1904 – January 15, 1997) was an English-American plant physiologist and microbiologist known for his studies of plant hormones, which were widely influential in agriculture and horticulture.

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List of National Medal of Science laureates

The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the following six fields: behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physical sciences. Arie Jan Haagen-Smit and List of National Medal of Science laureates are national Medal of Science laureates.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Lung cancer

Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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New York Academy of Sciences

The New York Academy of Sciences (originally the Lyceum of Natural History) is a nonprofit professional society that claims to, “Advance scientific research and knowledge, support scientific literacy, and promote science-based solutions to global challenges.” Founded in January 1817 as the Lyceum of Natural History, it is the fourth-oldest scientific society in the United States.

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NOx

In atmospheric chemistry, is shorthand for nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide, the nitrogen oxides that are most relevant for air pollution.

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Order of Orange-Nassau

The Order of Orange-Nassau (Orde van Oranje-Nassau) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands.

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Organic chemistry

Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms.

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Ozone

Ozone (or trioxygen) is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula.

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Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles.

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Pineapple

The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.

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Professor

Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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Science (journal)

Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.

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Smog

Smog, or smoke fog, is a type of intense air pollution.

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Southern California

Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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SRI International

SRI International (SRI) is an American nonprofit scientific research institute and organization headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

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Terpene

Terpenes are a class of natural products consisting of compounds with the formula (C5H8)n for n ≥ 2.

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Thomas Hunt Morgan

Thomas Hunt Morgan (September 25, 1866 – December 4, 1945) was an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist, embryologist, and science author who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries elucidating the role that the chromosome plays in heredity. Arie Jan Haagen-Smit and Thomas Hunt Morgan are California Institute of Technology faculty.

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Tolman Award

The Tolman Medal is awarded each year by the Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society (SCALACS) for outstanding contributions to chemistry which include contributions in areas of fundamental studies, chemical technology, and significant contributions to chemical education or outstanding leadership in science on a national level.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arie_Jan_Haagen-Smit

Also known as A. J. Haagen-Smit.

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Scientists from Utrecht (city)

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