19 May in Chemistry | Max Perutz

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]May 19th, a date that changed how we see life itself.

[00:00:04]On this day the world celebrates the birth of Max Perutz, 1914, the scientist who, with X-ray crystallography, unlocked the 3D secret of hemoglobin.

[00:00:14]His breakthrough showed exactly how oxygen rides through your blood, revolutionizing biochemistry.

[00:00:21]In 1962, Perutz, with John Kendrew, won the Nobel Prize for revealing protein structures, a milestone for medicine and molecular biology.

[00:00:30]Every May 19th reminds chemists of the power of X-ray diffraction and the birth of modern protein chemistry.

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