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John Ross

Who

John Ross · Science & Medicine

What

Physical chemist known for chemical kinetics and nonlinear dynamics

When

1926, Vienna, Austria — 2017, Stanford, California, USA

Where

Austria · USA

Biography

John Ross is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physical chemist known for chemical kinetics and nonlinear dynamics

How & why

Ross was a physical chemist at MIT and then Stanford whose work spanned chemical kinetics, molecular-beam scattering, nonequilibrium thermodynamics and nonlinear chemical dynamics, including the analysis of oscillating reactions and methods to deduce reaction mechanisms from data. He received the National Medal of Science in 1999. He was Jewish and had fled Austria after the Nazi annexation.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

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Physical chemist known for chemical kinetics and nonlinear dynamics

1926

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry