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Aharon Katzir



Aharon Katzir (Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky) (1914 – 1972) was an Israeli pioneer in the study of the electrochemistry of biopolymers.

Born 1914 in Łódź, Poland, he moved to Israel in 1925, where he taught at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. There, he adopted his Hebrew surname Katzir. He was killed in the terrorist attack on Lod Airport in 1972. Israel has since issued a postage stamp in his memory. The Katchalsky crater on the Moon is named after him. His younger brother, Ephraim Katzir, became the President of Israel in 1973.

A series of Hebrew lectures is held at Tel Aviv University in memory of Katzir, organized by his son Avrahm, a professor of physics. It is named In the Crucible of the Revolution (BeKur HaMahapecha), alluding to a popular book Katzir wrote about scientific progress. It has featured lectures by Nobel Prize laureates Daniel Kahneman and Aaron Ciechanover, and renowned philosopher Hilary Putnam. A center at the Weizmann Institute of Science, and a scholarship program of the Israeli Ministry of Defense are named after him as well.

 
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