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進入《TAIPEI TIMES》 Kaohsiung science exhibit showcases Nobel laureate
Nobel laureate Lee Yuan-tseh stands in front of a crossed molecular beam apparatus at the opening ceremony of an exhibition titled “Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Lee Yuan-tseh and his Hope” at the National Science and Technology Museum in Kaohsiung yesterday. Photo: Huang Chia-lin, Taipei Times
By Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA
The National Science and Technology Museum in Kaohsiung yesterday launched a special exhibition on the life of Taiwanese Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Lee Yuan-tseh （李遠哲）, featuring a crossed molecular beam apparatus that was used in a technique he codeveloped.
The exhibition, titled “Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Lee Yuan-tseh and his Hope,” opens today and runs until the end of February next year.
Lee and Harvard University professor Dudley Herschbach were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986 for jointly developing the technique that enabled molecular chemistry reactions to be observed in greater detail. They shared the prize with chemist John Polanyi.
A copy of Lee’s device was in June declared a national treasure, the first scientific object to receive the designation, Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung （潘文忠） said at a launch event for the exhibition.
Lee’s unique and irreplaceable contribution to science is embodied in the apparatus, which is on display at the museum alongside interactive experiences designed to promote scientific education, he said.
The Lee-Herschbach apparatus is the 373rd object to be declared a national treasure, the National Science and Technology Museum said, adding that most of the objects are preserved at the National Palace Museum, Academia Sinica’s Institute of History and Philology, the National Museum of History, and other museums and institutions.
Lee developed the technique and apparatus in cooperation with Herschbach’s research team, with the prototype designed in 1967, the museum said.
Multiple copies were created for other research projects, it added.
The prototype was procured from a third party with Lee’s assistance during the planning process of the museum’s establishment in the early 2000s, and has been part of the museum’s permanent display since, it said.
The Ministry of Culture is authorized to designate as national treasures objects that possess a special cultural, artistic or scientific significance to human civilization under the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act （文化資產保存法）, the museum said.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
