SLP2001101004- 10 OCTOBER 2001- KIRKWOOD, MISSOURI, USA: William S. Knowles, 84, one of three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, in Kirkwood, Missouri, October 10, 2001. Knowles discovered that many molecules appear in two forms that are mirror of each other. Knowles is a retired chemist from the Monsanto Company. bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI