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Article: Chemistry struggles for recognition. (research funding in France)
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- Chemistry and Industry
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- May 20, 1991
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Chemistry is a misunderstood discipline and considered to be of little importance in France by the media and the public at large.' Such is the grim commentary of Paul Rigny, director of chemistry at the country's leading public research body, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). Rigny was speaking at the launch of a new CNRS review series, Images de la Recherche, the first edition of which is devoted to chemistry.
The life sciences receive a great deal of media attention, while chemistry, by contrast, is struggling to make an impression,' Rigny says. His comments are echoed by Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel prizewinner for chemistry in 1987: ...