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George Olah reflects on chemical research

George A. Olah won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his lifelong work on carbocations. C&EN's assistant managing editor for science and technology, Rudy M. Baum, attended Olah's Nobel Lecture in Stockholm. Recently, Baum talked with Olah about his work and his views on-the role of chemistry in modern society. George A. Olah is an optimistic chemist. . "I'm a great believer that chemistry has a major role to play in our lives and the lives of future generations," Olah says. "Not only in exciting fields like the biological and health sciences, where chemistry contributes a great deal to our understanding at the molecular level, but as a core science in its own right. Chemistry is often maligned— we are the guys who are fouling up the atmosphere, we have the stinky plants, and so on. But we are also the guys who can produce essential materials and compounds that are touching all of our ...