Chemistry Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail died on Aug. 2. Zewail was not only a prominent Egyptian American scientist, but an international ambassador for science and education. As part of C&EN’s remembrance of Zewail, we are sharing excerpts from his 2011 interview with reporter Mitch Jacoby about the culture shock of moving to the U.S. from Egypt nearly 50 years ago. For Zewail’s full obituary, visit http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/web/2016/08/Chemistry-Nobel-Laureate-Ahmed-Zewail-dies-at-age-70.html
Image credit: Mitch Jacoby/C&EN
