Walter Kohn was an Austrian American theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist. He was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with John Pople for developing density functional theory, a method for describing the electronic structure of molecules and materials that reshaped computational chemistry.
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Death PlaceSanta Barbara, United States 1 Notable Workdensity functional theory 1 Field
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Works In: Physics, Lead sentence
Walter Kohn (; March 9, 1923, April 19, 2016) was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist.
Works In: Chemistry, Lead sentence
Walter Kohn (; March 9, 1923, April 19, 2016) was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist.
Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Article text
In 1963 Kohn became a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1969, and a member of the American P
Member Of: American Physical Society, Categories
Category:Fellows of the American Physical Society
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