In which country did Ružička spend most of his career?
France
Switzerland
Croatia
Italy
Answer
Born in Croatia, Ružička spent most of his career in Switzerland, where he was a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich). He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939 for his work on carotenoids, which are pigments found in plants and animals. He also made important contributions to the study of vitamins A and E.
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