Home›Chemistry›Physical Chemists›All Physical ChemistsBrowse ByAll Physical ChemistsThis group collects the Chemistry subcategory's members whose defining work concerns physical chemistry: chemical thermodynamics, kinetics, electrochemistry, quantum chemistry and catalysis, the physical principles underlying how and why reactions happen. It is kept apart from Analytical Chemists, whose members develop and apply techniques to identify or measure substances, and from Organic Chemists, whose members study carbon-based synthesis rather than reaction mechanism and rate in general.FactsAll Physical ChemistsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonField EstablishedWell-attested1752 1All Physical ChemistsFilter Results46 entriesDisciplineAllChemistry (44)Physics (2)Thermodynamics (1)Field (legacy)Allchemist (1)Chemistry (1)Chemistry (physical chemistry) (1)Chemistry and chemical engineering (1)EraAll1852 (1)1853 (1)1854 (1)1864 (1)1868 (2)1874 (1)1875 (1)1880 (1)1881 (1)1882 (1)1889 (1)1893 (1)1896 (1)1897 (2)1899 (1)1900 (1)1901 (1)1903 (1)1904 (1)1914 (1)1917 (1)1918 (1)1922 (1)1923 (1)1927 (2)1929 (1)1930 (2)1933 (2)1935 (1)1936 (1)1937 (1)1938 (1)1940 (1)1941 (1)1942 (1)1947 (1)1953 (2)1954 (1)1968 (1)InstitutionAllAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (3)American Physical Society (16)California Institute of Technology (1)Columbia University (2)ETH Zurich (1)Harvard University (3)Heidelberg University (1)Hokkaido University (1)Humboldt University of Berlin (2)Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (2)Leipzig University (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1)Max Planck Society (2)Nagoya University (1)National Academy of Sciences (17)Princeton University (1)Purdue University (1)RIKEN (1)Royal Society (8)University of California, Berkeley (2)University of Chicago (1)University of Göttingen (1)In GroupAllPhysical Chemists (46)NationalityAllAustria (1)Bangladesh (1)Belgium (1)Canada (3)Egypt (1)German Reich (1)Germany (5)Hungary (1)India (1)Israel (1)Japan (2)Kingdom of Prussia (2)Netherlands (1)Norway (2)Pakistan (1)Switzerland (1)Taiwan (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (26)Weimar Republic (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 46Akira SuzukiChemistryBryce Crawford Jr.ChemistryCarl BoschChemistryCyril HinshelwoodChemistryDavid MacMillanChemistryDeb Shankar RayChemistryEdgar Fahs SmithChemistryF. Sherwood RowlandChemistryFarrington DanielsChemistryFrederick D. RossiniChemistryFritz HaberChemistryGábor A. SomorjaiChemistryGeorge C. PimentelChemistryGeorge KistiakowskyChemistryGeraldine RichmondChemistryGerhard HerzbergChemistryGilbert N. LewisChemistryHarold UreyChemistryHenry EyringChemistryIlya PrigogineChemistryJacobus Henricus van 't HoffChemistryJerome KarleChemistryJoel H. HildebrandChemistryJohn C. PolanyiChemistryKenneth PitzerChemistryLars OnsagerChemistryManfred EigenChemistryMartin KarplusChemistryMax TrautzChemistryMihir ChowdhuryChemistryMostafa El-SayedChemistryOdd HasselChemistryPeter J. StangChemistryRichard R. ErnstChemistryRobert H. GrubbsChemistryRobert S. MullikenChemistryRudolph A. MarcusChemistryRyoji NoyoriChemistryTheodore William RichardsChemistryThomas R. CechChemistryUzi EvenChemistryWalther NernstChemistryWarren K. LewisChemistryWilhelm OstwaldChemistryWilliam E. MoernerChemistryYuan T. LeeChemistrySources1. Wikipedia: Physical chemistrytier 2WikipediaPhysical chemistry, History section, Lomonosov paragraphQuote, Physical chemistry, History section, Lomonosov paragraphThe term "physical chemistry" was coined by Mikhail Lomonosov in 1752, when he presented a lecture course entitled "A Course in True Physical Chemistry".View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.