chemistry

Nathan Sharon

Nathan Sharon is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Nathan Sharon rather than just read about it. In short: Nathan Sharon (Hebrew: נתן שרון; November 1925 – 17 June 2011) was an Israeli biochemist. Biography Sharon was born in 1925 in Brest-Litovsk, then part of Poland (now Brest, Belarus).

Key takeaways

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Reproduce the core statement of Nathan Sharon from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Nathan Sharon (Hebrew: נתן שרון; November 1925 – 17 June 2011) was an Israeli biochemist.

Biography Sharon was born in 1925 in Brest-Litovsk, then part of Poland (now Brest, Belarus). He emigrated to Mandate Palestine with his family in 1934 and settled in Tel Aviv. Concurrent with his high school studies, Sharon joined the Gadna military youth program in 1941, and following his graduation from school, in 1943, he joined the Palmach, serving until 1945. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Sharon served in the Science Corps of the Israel Defense Forces, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel, and he focused his work on the development of gas flame throwers. Sharon studied chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1950, he graduated and, in 1953, he was awarded a doctorate. In 1954, he joined the faculty of the Department for Biophysics at the Weizmann Institute of Science, headed by professor Ephraim Katzir, where he became a professor in 1968. In 1974, he was appointed head of the department, a position he held intermittently until his retirement in 1990. He also served as dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Physics and was a visiting professor at Harvard, Oxford universities and the University of California, Berkeley. He was also a member of the senate of the Open University of Israel and a member of the council of the Tel Aviv-Yafo Academic College. He served as editor of "World of Science" broadcast on Israel Radio, editor of the journal "Mada" (Science) and science and technology editor of the Haaretz newspaper. He was a leading figure in the research of carbohydrate and glycoprotein for more than fifty years. He authored several seminal works on lectins and glycoconjugates, including the discovery of lectins, their interactions with carbohydrates, and their subsequent use in laboratory research and diagnostics. In 1992, he was elected to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He died on 17 June 2011 at the age of 85.

Honours and awards Sharon received numerous honorary degrees and awards including:

1987: Weizmann Prize for Sciences. 1987: Honorary doctorate from the University of Paris. 1989: Bijvoet Medal of the Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, NL 1994: Israel Prize in biochemistry.

Family Sharon married Rachel (Itzikson) in 1948 and has two daughters, Esther (Esty) Sharon, and Osnat Bairey. He was the nephew of Pinchas Sapir, the former Israeli Finance Minister and the brother of Shmuel Shtrikman, who was awarded the 2001 Israel Prize for physics.

Selected works Sharon published over 400 papers in international scientific journals and wrote or edited eight books in English and Hebrew. His published works include:

Lectins, co-authored with Halina Lis (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003 (2nd edition)).

See also List of Israel Prize recipients

References

External links Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions at the Atomic Level: Studies of Legume Lectins Weizmann Institute of Science. (Also contains list of related publication, including those of Nathan Sharon, from 2002)

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Nathan Sharon

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Nathan Sharon claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Nathan Sharon before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Nathan Sharon ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Nathan Sharon

In research: Nathan Sharon appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Nathan Sharon in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Nathan Sharon is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1925 births, 2011 deaths, Academic staff of Weizmann Institute of Science, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Nathan Sharon outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Nathan Sharon in simple terms?

Nathan Sharon (Hebrew: נתן שרון; November 1925 – 17 June 2011) was an Israeli biochemist. Biography Sharon was born in 1925 in Brest-Litovsk, then part of Poland (now Brest, Belarus).

Why does Nathan Sharon matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Nathan Sharon?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Nathan Sharon.