Manfred Eigen (1927–2019)
Autore di Il gioco: le leggi naturali governano il caso
Sull'Autore
Manfred Eigen was born in Bochum, Germany on May 9, 1927. During World War II, he served in the German Air Force auxiliary in an antiaircraft unit. He received a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Göttingen. In 1953, he moved to the Max Planck Institute for Physical Chemistry. Eigen mostra altro devised a method to time chemical reactions called chemical relaxation. Its development earned him a share of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In 1971, he became the lead of the chemical kinetics department at the Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and held that position until his retirement in 1995. He wrote several books including Laws of the Game: How the Principles of Nature Cover Chance written with Ruthild Winkler. He died on February 6, 2018 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Manfred Eigen. Photo by Gerhard Hund.
Opere di Manfred Eigen
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Eigen, Manfred
- Data di nascita
- 1927-05-09
- Data di morte
- 2019-02-06
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Germany
- Luogo di nascita
- Bochum, Deutschland
- Luogo di morte
- Gottingen, Germany
- Istruzione
- Georg-August University (PhD | 1951)
- Attività lavorative
- professor (Biochemical Kinetics | Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Nobel Prize (Chemistry | 1967)
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- Opere
- 10
- Utenti
- 326
- Popolarità
- #72,687
- Voto
- 3.3
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 31
- Lingue
- 4
- Preferito da
- 2