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Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, Harvard University, 1962; B.A. in Chemistry, Columbia University, 1958.

Research Interests: Theoretical chemistry, chemical bonding, and applied quantum mechanics; also explores science and literature intersections.

Appointments: Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor in Humane Letters Emeritus, Cornell University; Professor of Chemistry, Cornell University (1965–present).

Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1981); National Medal of Science (1983); Priestley Medal (1990).

Publications:

• The Nature of the Chemical Bond (Cornell University Press, contributor, 1939).
• Chemistry Imagined: Reflections on Science (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993).
• Over 600 scientific articles.

Editorial Contributions: Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry (past).

Additional Contributions: Published poetry collections; hosts public lectures on science and art.