Spectroscopic Studies of Simple Free Radcals
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(This information was taken from the Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series Program 1983-1984).
Dr. Herzberg, a Nobel laureate, is Distinguished Research Scientist of the National Research Council of Canada. Born in Hamburg, Germany, he received his early training there and subsequently studied physics at the Darmstadt Institute of Technology where he earned his doctorate in 1928. From 1928 to 1930 he carried out post-doctorate work at the Universities of Gottingen and Bristol. In 1971, Dr. Herzberg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the structure of molecules. Or. Herzberg was Research Professor of Physics at the University of Saskatchewan from 1935 to 1945. For the next three years he served as Professor of Spectroscopy at the Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago. He returned to Canada in 1948 and in the following year was appointed Director of the Division of Physics at the National Research Council and later Director of the Division of Pure Physics, a position he held until his appointment as Distinguished Research Scientist in 1969. A Fellow of the Royal Society of anada and of the Royal Society of London, Or. Herzberg was Bakerian lecturer of the Royal Society of London in 1960. He received a Royal Medal from that society in 1971. He is an honorary member or fellow of many scientific societies and holds honorary degrees from a number of universities in Canada and abroad. Dr. Herzberg is author of several books on molecular and atomic spectroscopy.
His Work: Dr. Herzberg has made many contributions to atomic and molecular spectroscopy; in particular h and his associates have determined the structures in a large number of diatomic and polyatomic molecules, including the structures of many free radicals difficult to determine in any other way. He has also applied these spectroscopic studies to the identification of certain molecule in planetary atmospheres, in comets, and in interstellar space.
His Lecture: November 5, 1983: "Spectroscopic Studies of Simple Free Radicals"
Keywords
Physics, Chemistry
Creation Date
November 5, 1983
Recommended Citation
Herzberg, Gerhard, "Spectroscopic Studies of Simple Free Radcals" (1983). DSLS 1983-1984. 4.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/dsls_1983_1984/4