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Walter Heitler

Who

Walter Heitler · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist known for the Heitler–London theory of the chemical bond

When

1904, Karlsruhe, Germany — 1981, Zollikon, Switzerland

Where

Germany · United Kingdom · Ireland · Switzerland

Biography

Walter Heitler is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist known for the Heitler–London theory of the chemical bond

How & why

Heitler, a German-Jewish physicist who fled Nazi Germany and worked in Britain, Ireland and Switzerland, co-created the quantum theory of the chemical bond. His 1927 Heitler-London theory, with Fritz London, explained the hydrogen molecule using quantum mechanics and founded quantum chemistry. He also wrote a classic text on the quantum theory of radiation.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

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Physicist known for the Heitler–London theory of the chemical bond

1904

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry