Herschbach, Dudley R

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Herschbach, Dudley R
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(1932– ). Awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1986 for work reporting that the energies of reactions of crossed molecular beams of isolated alkali metal atoms and alkyl halide molecules appeared mostly as vibrational excited states of products. This method of studying all types of chemical reactions led to a more detailed knowledge of reaction processes. Doctorate awarded from Harvard in 1958.