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Science & Medicine

Leo Brewer

Who

Leo Brewer · Science & Medicine

What

Physical chemist known for high-temperature thermodynamics

When

1919, St. Louis, Missouri, USA — 2005, Lafayette, California, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Leo Brewer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physical chemist known for high-temperature thermodynamics

How & why

Leo Brewer was an American physical chemist at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, regarded as a founder of modern high-temperature chemistry and thermodynamics. He worked on plutonium chemistry during the Manhattan Project and later developed theories of metallic bonding. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

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Physical chemist known for high-temperature thermodynamics

1919

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry