Walter Kohn
Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry 1998
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Walter Kohn, born on March 9, 1923, in Vienna, Austria, was a renowned chemist and the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998. He is famous for his development of density-functional theory, which significantly impacted quantum chemistry and materials science. Kohn emigrated to the United States in 1939, where he pursued a distinguished academic career. He passed away on April 19, 2016.
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- Who is Walter Kohn?
- Walter Kohn, born on March 9, 1923, in Vienna, Austria, was a renowned chemist and the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998. He is famous for his development of density-functional theory, which significantly impacted quantum chemistry and materials science. Kohn emigrated to the United States in 1939, where he pursued a distinguished academic career. He passed away on April 19, 2016.
- In what year did Walter Kohn win the Nobel Prize?
- 1998 — Chemistry