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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. Leopold Ruzicka, 89, Swiss chemist whose research into the makeup of hydrocarbons won him the 1939 Nobel Prize; in Zurich. Ruzicka was the first to synthesize the male hormone, testosterone, and he identified the various chemical compounds that produce the distinctive flavor of the raspberry. The artificially fruit-flavored foods that abound today are a result of his findings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 11, 1976 | 10/11/1976 | See Source »

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