Walter Heitler
Walter Heitler · Science & Medicine
Physicist known for the Heitler–London theory of the chemical bond
1904, Karlsruhe, Germany — 1981, Zollikon, Switzerland
Germany · United Kingdom · Ireland · Switzerland
Walter Heitler is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist known for the Heitler–London theory of the chemical bond
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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Physicist known for the Heitler–London theory of the chemical bond
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