2010/01/25 by Douglas Henderson, Henderson, Douglas
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #History and advancements in chemistry #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #Various Chemistry Research Topics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1001.4522
openalex publication_date 2010/01/25 · openalex created_date 2022/10/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Henry Eyring was, and still is, a towering figure in science. Some aspects of\nhis life and science, beginning in Mexico and continuing in Arizona,\nCalifornia, Wisconsin, Germany, Princeton, and finally Utah, are reviewed here.\nEyring moved gradually from quantum theory toward statistical mechanics and the\ntheory of liquids, motivated in part by his desire to understand reactions in\ncondensed matter. Significant structure theory, while not as successful as\nEyring thought, is better than his critics realize. Eyring won many awards.\nHowever, most chemists are surprised, if not shocked, that he was never awarded\na Nobel Prize. He joined Lise Meitner, Rosalind Franklin, John Slater, and\nothers, in an even more select group, those who should have received a Nobel\nPrize but did not.\n