Dr. Herbert Hauptman (left) received his Nobel Prize from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden in Stockholm in 1985.
(Associated Press)
Herbert Hauptman, 94; was Nobel laureate in chemistry
Dr. Herbert Hauptman (left) received his Nobel Prize from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden in Stockholm in 1985.
(Associated Press)
Dr. Herbert Hauptman, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1985 for his work uncovering the structure of molecules, died Sunday at the age of 94. Hauptman, who saw beauty in mathematics, received the Nobel Prize nearly 40 years after setting out to solve a problem other scientists had given up on: how to determine molecular structures using X-ray crystallography. He used mathematical equations to interpret the patterns formed by X-rays scattered from crystals.
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