Israel Dostrovsky

Zilberstein c. 1960

The Glass Blower’s Tale

06.06.2019

Yacob Zilberstein tells of his 70 years of service to the Weizmann Institute of Science

Prof. Ada Yonath was nominated Honors Program Lecturer at New York University School of Medicine; received the 2008 Linus Pauling Gold Medal from Stanford University; and was named George E. Palade Distinguished Lecturer and Gold Medal recipient at Wayne State University.

A Life in Science

26.11.2013

Prof. Ora Kedem is a membrane research pioneer

Prof. Israel Dostrovsky

Prof. Israel Dostrovsky, 1918-2010

28.09.2010

Prof. Israel Dostrovsky, One of Israel’s Foremost Scientists, Among the Founders of the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Fifth President of...

(l-r) Golda Meir, Meyer Weisgal, David Ben-Gurion and the Weizmann Institute’s Prof. Igal Talmi

01.05.2007

Einstein: I think establishing an independent institute in Rehovot is a mistake...

illustration: enjoying the sunlight

01.05.2004

Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

In contrast to fossil fuels, the sun provides a clean, cost-free, and virtually inexhaustible source of energy.

Illusteration: Looking Back on the Institute’s environmental studies

Looking Back, Seeing the Future

01.05.2004

Environment, Environment, Energy, Chemistry, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

We offer here a brief history of the Institute’s environmental studies and a look at the future generation of environmental...

Moving With the Times

Moving With the Times

01.10.1997

Prof. Israel Dostrovsky is one of a generation of pioneering scientists who put Israeli science on the map

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