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Richard Stein

Who

Richard Stein · Science & Medicine

What

Polymer chemist known for the optical and physical properties of polymers

When

1925, Far Rockaway, New York, United States — 2021, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Richard Stein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Polymer chemist known for the optical and physical properties of polymers

How & why

Richard S. Stein was a polymer chemist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst renowned for pioneering the study of the optical and physical properties of polymers, especially light-scattering and birefringence methods for probing polymer structure. He was born into a Jewish family and was Jewish. He helped establish polymer science as a rigorous experimental field in the United States.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

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Polymer chemist known for the optical and physical properties of polymers

1925

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry