Roald Hoffmann
1937-
Polish-American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1981 for his work on the mathematical prediction of electron behavior in chemical reactions. Interested in studying...
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Roald Hoffmann is a theoretical chemist who has straddled the traditional boundary between organic and inorganic chemistry. He has emphasized the role of aesthetics in science and the inherent beauty ...
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Roald Hoffmann was born Roald Safran on July 18, 1937, in Zloczów, Poland on the eve of World War II. His father was Hillel Safran, a civil engineer; his mother, Clara Rosen, was a schoolteache...
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