Gerhard Herzberg
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Gerhard Herzberg was a German-Canadian scientist who studied the structure and behavior of molecules using light and spectroscopy, making fundamental discoveries about how atoms bond together. His work earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1971 and established him as one of the most important physical chemists of the twentieth century.
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- Born
- 1904
- Died
- 1999
- Works
- 18
Top works
- Gerhard Herzberg memorial issue
- Bibliography of spectra of diatomic molecules, 1950-1960
- Spectra of diatomic molecules
- Zum Aufbau der zweiatomigen Moleküle
- Molecular spectra and molecular structure
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Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg, PC CC FRSC FRS ( German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯.haʁt ˈhɛʁt͡sˌbɛʁk] ; December 25, 1904 – March 3, 1999) was a German-Canadian pioneering physicist and physical chemist, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1971, "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals". Herzberg's main work concerned atomic and molecular spectroscopy. He is well known for using these techniques that determine the structures of diatomic and polyatomic molecules, including free radicals which are difficult to investigate in any other way, and for the chemical analysis of astronomical objects. Herzberg served as Chancellor of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada from 1973 to 1980.
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1904 births1999 deaths20th-century Canadian astronomers20th-century chemistsAcademics of the University of BristolAcademic staff of Technische Universität DarmstadtAcademic staff of the University of GöttingenCanadian atheistsCanadian fellows of the Royal SocietyCanadian Nobel laureatesCanadian physical chemistsChancellors of Carleton University