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Walter Kohn (German pronunciation: [ˈvaltɐ ˈkoːn]; March 9, 1923 – April 19, 2016) was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist. He was awarded, with John Pople , the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998. [4]
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Apr 23, 2024 · Walter Kohn (born March 9, 1923, Vienna, Austria—died April 19, 2016, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.) was an Austrian-born American physicist who, with John A. Pople, received the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The award recognized their individual work on computations in quantum chemistry.
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Walter Kohn. Biographical. I suppose I am not the first Nobelist who, on the occasion of receiving this Prize, wonders how on earth, by what strange alchemy of family background, teachers, friends, talents and especially accidents of history and of personal life he or she arrived at this point.
Jun 1, 2016 · Condensed-matter physicist who revolutionized quantum chemistry. Walter Kohn's profound questioning of what the arrangement of electrons can tell us about a material's character led to...
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Apr 19, 2016 · Walter Kohn. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1998. Born: 9 March 1923, Vienna, Austria. Died: 19 April 2016, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Prize motivation: “for his development of the density-functional theory”. Prize share: 1/2.
Walter Kohn is awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on October 13, 1998 for his development of the density-functional theory. Walter Kohn is a condensed matter theorist who has made seminal contributions to the understanding of the electronic structure of materials.
March 9, 1923–April 19, 2016. Elected to the NAS, 1969. Walter Kohn, a giant of theoretical physics, died at his home in Santa Barbara, California on April 19, 2016, at the age of 93. Walter’s life epitomized both the hardships and the wondrous achievements of physicists in the 20th Century.
