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Gerhard Herzberg: An Illustrious Life in Science (NRC Press Biography)

By Boris P. Stoicheff

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
0660187574, 9780660187570, 9780660192581
LCC
QC16.H45 S86 2002
Open Library ID
OL3746960M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10916014 bytes)
Pages
468\483
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Библиотека;Жизнь выдающихся людей;Ученыедеятели наукиизобретатели

Description

Gerhard Herzberg (1904-1999), winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is considered the founder of molecular spectroscopy. Born and educated in Germany, he started his seven decades of research just as the discovery of quantum mechanics began unraveling the mysteries of the microscopic world. He chose to study spectroscopy, the light emitted and absorbed by atoms and molecules, eventually moving to Canada where he established the spectroscopy laboratory for the National Research Council. His Ottawa laboratory became a mecca for generations of young scientists from around the world. There, Herzberg systematized the knowledge of the field in the classic trilogy Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure, Atomic Spectra, and Atomic Structure. In awarding the Nobel Prize, the Swedish Academy said, "It's quite exceptional in the field of science that a single individual, however distinguished, can be a leader of a whole area of research of general importance."

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