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Chemical Education Today
Nobel Centennial Essays
A Century of Chemical Dynamics Traced through the Nobel Prizes. 1998: Walter Kohn and John Pople
Josh Van Houten
Department of Chemistry, Saint Michael's College, Colchester, VT 05439
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November 2002
Vol. 79 No. 11
p. 1297
Abstract
The 1998 Nobel Prize was awarded to Walter Kohn "for his development of the density-functional theory" and to John Pople "for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry." They enabled improved energy calculations on molecules and other multi-atom systems. Chemists have taken advantage of those developments to perform calculations on systems during reactive encounters, thereby obtaining a better understanding of chemical dynamics and allowing for predictions regarding the course of chemical reactions based on the energies of various possible transition states.
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A list of all recipients of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, their affiliations, and work for which the award was made is available.
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 Van Houten, Josh. J. Chem. Educ. 2002 79 1297.
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 History / Philosophy; Physical Chemistry; Public Understanding
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