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# Koji Nakanishi

(1925–2019)   Chemist

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Koji Nakanishi was a chemist.

## Quick Facts About Koji Nakanishi

Born May 11, 1925

Died March 28, 2019

Profession Chemist

## About Koji Nakanishi

Japanese chemist... \| Koji Nakanishi was a Japanese chemist who studied bioorganic chemistry and natural products. He served as Centennial Professor of Chemistry and chair of the Chemistry Department at Columbia University.

##  Quotes by Koji Nakanishi

> [This is an extraordinary illustrated collection of Chinese herbsaccompanied by concise and expert comments. Jing-Nuan Wu has succeeded incompiling this most unique…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koji-nakanishi/this-is-an-extraordinary-illustrated-collection-of-chinese/)

Koji Nakanishi

[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20a/koji-nakanishi-71494_book_this-is-an-extraordinary-illustrated-col_20440.jpg)

> [The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koji-nakanishi/the-ginkgo-tree-is-from-the-era-of-dinosaurs-but-while-the-dinosaur/)

Koji Nakanishi

[Atomic bomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atomic-bomb/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dd/koji-nakanishi-71494_atomic-bomb_the-ginkgo-tree-is-from-the-era-of-dinos_162909.jpg)

> [I liked science. I wasn't mathematically oriented, so I became an organic chemist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koji-nakanishi/i-liked-science-i-wasn-t-mathematically-oriented-so-i-became-an/)

Koji Nakanishi

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/koji-nakanishi-71494_accounts_i-liked-science-i-wasn-t-mathematically_2801654.jpg)

> [Magic is antiphysics, so it can't really exist. But is shares one thing with science. I can explain the principle behind a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koji-nakanishi/magic-is-antiphysics-so-it-can-t-really-exist-but-is-shares-one-thing/)

Koji Nakanishi

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef2/koji-nakanishi-71494_behinds_magic-is-antiphysics-so-it-can-t-really_2828793.jpg)

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