Research topic: Gilbert Newton Lewis

Gilbert Newton Lewis 1875-1946, American chemist, b. Weymouth, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1896; Ph.D., 1899). He taught at Harvard and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1907-12) and from 1912 was professor of physical chemistry and dean of the college of chemistry, Univ. of California. His recognition of the importance of the electron pair bond led to a revision of the theory of valence. He also made special studies in thermodynamics, formulated the Lewis theory of acids and bases , and with Harold C. Urey, a graduate student of his, discovered heavy water (1932). He wrote Valence... Read more