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Dudley R. Herschbach

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American chemist

United StatesScientistsBorn 1932 · age 94
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Dudley Robert Herschbach 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".

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2011honorary doctor of Harvard University
2011American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal
1991National Medal of Science
1986Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1983Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics
1981Polanyi Medal
1978Linus Pauling Award
1976Centenary Prize
1968Guggenheim Fellowship
1967Bourke Award
1965ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award

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Dudley Robert Herschbach 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 crossed molecular beam experiments that enabled a detailed molecular-level understanding of many elementary reaction processes. Herschbach is a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

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Born 1932 · age 94
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