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# Karl Barry Sharpless

(1941)   Chemist

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Karl Barry Sharpless is a chemist.

## Quick Facts About Karl Barry Sharpless

Born April 28, 1941

Profession Chemist

## About Karl Barry Sharpless

American chemist and Nobel Laureate (born 1941)... \| Karl Barry Sharpless is an American stereochemist. He is a two-time Nobel laureate in chemistry, known for his work on stereoselective reactions and click chemistry.

##  Quotes by Karl Barry Sharpless

> [When I started doing chemistry, I did it the way I fished - for the excitement, the discovery, the adventure, for going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-barry-sharpless/when-i-started-doing-chemistry-i-did-it-the-way-i-fished-for-the/)

[Karl Barry Sharpless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-barry-sharpless/)

[Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1d/karl-barry-sharpless-72994_adventure_when-i-started-doing-chemistry-i-did-it_982535.jpg)

> [The discipline, nonetheless, is exacting: everything that can be observed should be observed, even if it is only recalled as the bland…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-barry-sharpless/the-discipline-nonetheless-is-exacting-everything-that-can-be/)

[Karl Barry Sharpless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-barry-sharpless/)

[Backgrounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/backgrounds/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f90/karl-barry-sharpless-72994_backgrounds_the-discipline-nonetheless-is-exacting-e_2359592.jpg)

> [What the ocean was to the child, the Periodic Table is to the chemist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-barry-sharpless/what-the-ocean-was-to-the-child-the-periodic-table-is-to-the-chemist/)

[Karl Barry Sharpless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-barry-sharpless/)

[Chemist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chemist/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/karl-barry-sharpless-72994_chemist_what-the-ocean-was-to-the-child-the-peri_2540332.jpg)

> [We have a word game in English called "Twenty questions." To play Twenty Questions, one player imagines some object, and the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-barry-sharpless/we-have-a-word-game-in-english-called-twenty-questions-to-play-twenty/)

[Karl Barry Sharpless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-barry-sharpless/)

[Asking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43d/karl-barry-sharpless-72994_asking_we-have-a-word-game-in-english-called-tw_2812566.jpg)

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