Mike will be remembered as an internationally renowned hydrogeochemist and a leading contributor to the IHP.

UNESCO: In Memoriam: Professor W. Mike Edmunds

In addition works from internationally renowned scientists such as Euclid, Descartes, Galileo and Newton will be shown, as well as a 17th century microscope and telescope that would have been used to make these important scientific discoveries.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO - Celebrations across the UK of Hooke��s contributions to the Natural Sciences of Microscopy

The launch conference, which will be opened by the Director-General and Nicole Moreau, President of IUPAC, will bring together internationally renowned figures from the world of chemistry, including several Nobel Prize laureates.

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