Dudley R. Herschbach Scientist

Dudley Robert Herschbach (born June 18, 1932) is an American chemist at Harvard University. He won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Yuan T. Lee and John C. Polanyi "for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes." Herschbach and Lee specifically worked with molecular beams, performing so-called "crossed molecular beam" experiments that enabled a detailed molecular-level understanding of many elementary reaction processes.

Personal facts

Dudley R. Herschbach
Birth dateJune 18, 1932
Birth nameDudley Robert Herschbach
Birth place
San Jose California , United States
Nationality
United States
Education
Stanford University
Harvard University
Known for
Molecular dynamics

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awards
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Irving Langmuir Award
doctoral advisor
doctoral student
Field of study
Chemistry

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External resources

  1. http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/events/2007paulingconference/video-s2-5-herschbach.html
  2. http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1986/herschbach-autobio.html
  3. http://www.osti.gov/cgi-bin/rd_accomplishments/display_biblio.cgi?id=ACC0295&numPages=22&fp=N
  4. http://www.osti.gov/cgi-bin/rd_accomplishments/display_biblio.cgi?id=ACC0296&numPages=34&fp=N
  5. http://www.osti.gov/cgi-bin/rd_accomplishments/display_biblio.cgi?id=ACC0297&numPages=8&fp=N
  6. http://www.osti.gov/cgi-bin/rd_accomplishments/display_biblio.cgi?id=ACC0298&numPages=54&fp=N