Manfred Eigen
Manfred Eigen (9 May 1927[1][2] – 6 February 2019) was a German biophysical chemist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Ronald George Wreyford Norrish[3] and George Porter.[4] He was known for his studies of extremely fast chemical reactions induced in response to very short pulses of energy.
Manfred Eigen | |
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| Born | 9 May 1927 |
| Died | 6 February 2019 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | German |
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| Fields | Biophysical chemistry |
He was born in Bochum, Germany. Eigen died on 6 February 2019 in Berlin at the age of 91.[5][6][7]
He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989.[8]
Manfred Eigen Media
Dutch Queen Beatrix meets five Nobel prize winners (1983): Paul Berg, Christian de Duve, Steven Weinberg, Manfred Eigen & Nicolaas Bloembergen
References
- ↑ Manfred Eigen Festschrift: special issue dedicated to Professor Manfred Eigen on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Biophys. Chem. 26 (2–3) (1987). p. 101–390.
- ↑ Schlögl, R W. To Manfred Eigen on his 70th birthday. Biophys. Chem. 66 (2–3) (1997). p. 71–3. doi:10.1016/S0301-4622(97)00075-6.
- ↑ Dainton, F.. Ronald George Wreyford Norrish. 9 November 1897-7 June 1978. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 27 (1981). p. 379–424. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1981.0016.
- ↑ Fleming, G. R.. George Porter KT OM, Lord Porter of Luddenham. 6 December 1920 - 31 August 2002: Elected F.R.S. 1960. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 50 (2004). p. 257–283. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2004.0017.
- ↑ "Manfred Eigen, 1967 Nobel Chemistry Laureate, Dies at 91". The New York Times. 7 February 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/02/07/world/europe/ap-eu-germany-obit-eigen.html. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ Merlot, Julia (7 February 2019). "Der Bezwinger des Unmessbaren" (in German). Der Spiegel (Hamburg). http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/manfred-eigen-ist-tot-der-bezwinger-des-unmessbaren-a-1252131.html. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ Göttingen Nobel Laureate Manfred Eigen has died. The Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (7 February 2019). Göttingen. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ Manfred EigenAcademia Europaea.