Chemist no. 152 of 350 · Physical

Herbert Hauptman

1917-2011United StatesNobel Chemistry 1985

Direct methods for crystal structures

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The discovery, explained

Herbert Hauptman: Solving the Phase Problem of Crystallography

Herbert Hauptman and Jerome Karle solved the phase problem with direct methods in X-ray crystallography. Structure factors, triple products and exam points.

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Biography

Herbert Hauptman: The Mathematician Who Gave Crystallography Its Missing Phases

Life of Herbert A. Hauptman (1917-2011): Bronx childhood, mathematics training, work with Jerome Karle, direct methods and the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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