Herbert A. Hauptman
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Herbert Aaron Hauptman was an American mathematician and Nobel laureate. He pioneered and developed a mathematical method that has changed the whole field of chemistry and opened a new era in research
Hauptman in 2009
Jerome Karle
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Jerome Karle was an American physical chemist. Jointly with Herbert A. Hauptman, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985, for the direct analysis of crystal structures using X-ray scatteri
Herbert A. Hauptman
…application of this mathematical method to a wide variety of chemical structures that led the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to name Hauptman and Jerome Karle recipients of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born to a Jewish family in New York City, the oldest child of Leah (Rosenfeld) and Israel…
Jerome Karle Portrait
Jerome (left foreground) and Isabella Karle (seated center) at their 2009 retirement ceremony
Grave of Karle and his wife at Columbia Gardens Cemetery