Klaus Ruedenberg
Klaus Ruedenberg · Science & Medicine
Theoretical chemist known for the theory of the chemical bond
1920, Bielefeld, Germany — 2022, Ames, Iowa, USA
Germany · Switzerland · United States
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Klaus Ruedenberg was a German-American theoretical chemist regarded as a founder of the modern quantum theory of the chemical bond, whose 1962 analysis explained covalent bonding in terms of the lowering of electron kinetic energy through delocalization. He spent most of his career at Iowa State University and lived to 101. Born into a Jewish family in Germany, he fled Nazi persecution via Switzerland; he was Jewish.
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Theoretical chemist known for the theory of the chemical bond
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