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Roald Hoffmann (born Roald Safran; July 18, 1937) [2] is a Polish-American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He has also published plays and poetry. He is the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters Emeritus at Cornell University .
Welcome to Roald Hoffmann's land 'twixt chemistry, poetry and philosophy.
Roald Hoffmann began graduate study at Harvard University in 1958, obtaining a M.A. in physics in 1960 and a Ph.D. in chemical physics in 1962.
Biographical. I came to a happy Jewish family in dark days in Europe. On July 18, 1937 I was born to Clara (née Rosen) and Hillel Safran in Zloczow, Poland. This town, typical of the Pale of the Settlement, was part of Austria-Hungary when my parents were born. It was Poland in my time and is part of the Soviet Union now.
Roald Hoffmann (born July 18, 1937, Złoczów, Pol.) is a Polish-born American chemist, who was a corecipient, with Fukui Kenichi of Japan, of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1981 for their independent investigations of the mechanisms of chemical reactions.
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Roald Hoffmann, a Nobel laureate, poet, and playwright, is a tireless advocate of the wonders of science and the beauty of chemistry. Hoffmann successfully shares his understanding of science with the public at large through literature, educational television, and even the stage.
Chemical evolution expert David A. Usher dies at age 80. Arts & Sciences Launches ‘What Makes Us Human’ Podcast Series. Hoffmann awarded prize by German, Italian chemical societies. Ukrainian hometown celebrates Nobel prize-winning professor.
