Walter Kohn
American physicist (1923–2016)
Walter Kohn (March 9, 1923 – April 19, 2016) was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist of Jewish descent.
Walter Kohn | |
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 Kohn at the 2012 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting | |
| Born | Walter Kohn March 9, 1923 |
| Died | April 19, 2016 (aged 93) |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto, Harvard |
| Known for | Density functional theory |
| Spouse(s) | Lois (Adams)[1] Mara (Vishniac) Schiff[2] |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1998), Buckley Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego |
| Doctoral advisor | Julian Schwinger |
He was awarded, with John Pople, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998.[3]
Kohn was one of 20 Nobel Laureates[4] who signed the "Stockholm memorandum" at the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability in Stockholm, Sweden on 18 May 2011.[5]
Kohn died on April 19, 2016 at his home in Santa Barbara, California from jaw cancer, at the age of 93.[6][7]
References
Other websites
- Photograph of Walter Kohn: [1] Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
- "Quantum Chemistry Comes of Age," Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine The Chemical Educator, Vol. 5, No. 3, S1430-4171(99)06333-7, doi:10.1007/s00897990333a, © 2000 Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.
- Freeview video interview with Walter Kohn by the Vega Science Trust
- Official homepage of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998
- Kohn's faculty website Archived 2010-06-19 at the Wayback Machine at University of California-Santa Barbara. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
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