Gerhard Herzberg: An Illustrious Life in Science

by Boris Stoicheff

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0660187574
• ISBN13: 9780660187570
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.