The United Nations Organization has proclaimed 2011 the International Year of Chemistry

Abstract

The year 2011 has been proclaimed the International Year of Chemistry by the 63 rd General Assembly of the United Nations (UN). In 2011, the centennial of the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Marie Curie for her work on radioactivity will also be celebrated. According to Jung-il Jin, the president of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the International Year of Chemistry will bring global recognition to the chemical science, upon which our life and our