Klug

[ klŭg, klug ]

Aaron Born 1926

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Lithuanian-born British biochemist. He won a 1982 Nobel Prize for research on the structure of viruses and particles of proteins and nucleic acids.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Gut allin knn a Scharlatan uch sein; klug allin knn an Apikres uch sein; un' frumm allin knn a Narr uch sein.
The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century|Leo Wiener
The first lesson I took, Klug—I hate that man—motioned me to wait until the other girls had gone.
Melomaniacs|James Huneker
The old monkey had forgotten that he had introduced me to Frau Klug two days before.
Melomaniacs|James Huneker
"Ich bin wohl nicht klug" (I must be out of my senses), he muttered, as he lay down in his hard short bed.
A House of Gentlefolk|Ivan Turgenev

Moreover, Mr. Klug was still angry, and anger and discretion do not dwell together.
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford|George Randolph Chester