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Raphael Levine

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Raphael Levine · Science & Medicine

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Theoretical chemist known for molecular reaction dynamics

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1938, Alexandria, Egypt

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Israel · United States

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Raphael Levine is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Theoretical chemist known for molecular reaction dynamics

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Raphael David Levine is an Israeli theoretical chemist, born in Alexandria, who became a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and UCLA. He is a founder of the modern theory of molecular reaction dynamics and applied an information-theoretic approach to chemical processes, shaping how chemists understand energy flow in reacting molecules. He shared the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1988; he is an Israeli Jew.

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Theoretical chemist known for molecular reaction dynamics

1938

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry