2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

World Scientific warmly congratulates Prof Osamu Shimomura of Marine Biological Lab., Woods Hole, who is awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

In the Fall of 2006, we published Prof Shimomura's bestselling book on BIOLUMINESCENCE: Chemical Principles and Methods

This authoritative monograph provides a comprehensive overview of the biochemical aspects of all luminous organisms currently known and is invaluable to all researchers in the wonderful world of bioluminescence.