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Istvan Hargittai

Who

Istvan Hargittai · Science & Medicine

What

Physical chemist known for molecular structure and symmetry

When

1941, Budapest, Hungary

Where

Hungary

Biography

Istvan Hargittai is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physical chemist known for molecular structure and symmetry

How & why

Hargittai is a Hungarian physical chemist known for his work on molecular structure and symmetry, including gas-phase electron diffraction, and for a large body of writing on symmetry in science and art and on the lives of scientists. He is a professor at the Budapest University of Technology. A survivor of the Holocaust-era persecution in Hungary, he is Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

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Physical chemist known for molecular structure and symmetry

1941

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry