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Pierre Hohenberg

Who

Pierre Hohenberg · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist known for the Hohenberg–Kohn theorems of density functional theory

When

1934, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France — 2017, New York City, USA

Where

France · United States (New York)

Biography

Pierre Hohenberg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist known for the Hohenberg–Kohn theorems of density functional theory

How & why

Hohenberg co-proved the Hohenberg–Kohn theorems in 1964, the foundation of density functional theory, now the most widely used method in computational chemistry and materials science. Born to a Jewish family in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, he fled Nazi-occupied Europe as a child and became a physicist in the United States. His theorems earned his collaborator a Nobel Prize and remain indispensable.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

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Physicist known for the Hohenberg–Kohn theorems of density functional theory

1934

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry