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Jerome Karle

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Jerome Karle , 1918-, American physicist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Univ. of Michigan, 1943. He worked on the Manhattan Project before beginning a career at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. There, with Herbert Hauptman , he concentrated his studies on crystalline matter. They were awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a mathematical model known as the "direct method." Devised in the 1950s and 60s, the innovation greatly improved methods for analyzing three-dimensional molecular structures. Author not available, KARLE, JEROME. , The Columbia... Read more

Isabella Karle
...biology. Along with her husband Jerome Karle, she developed procedures for gathering...years. In 1942 she had married Jerome Karle, then a chemistry student. In 1946...structure remained a mystery. In 1950 Jerome Karle, in collaboration with the chemist... Read more

Hauptman, Herbert
...shared the honor with a colleague, Jerome Karle, both of whom were honored for...D.C., where he teamed up with Jerome Karle, a fellow New Yorker who was also...toward his doctorate. Hauptman's and Karle's backgrounds complemented each... Read more

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	Chemistry for molecular structure. (Nobel Prize to Jerome Karl and Herbert A. Hauptman) ; ...method for structure determination are Jerome Karle of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory...been described using this technique, Karle told reporters at a press conferenc...have been analyzed by the Hauptman-Karle method include hormones, vitamins... Read more
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	Biochemist won Nobel prize for work on DNA ; ...who were members of the extraordinary City College of New York class of 1937, including Dr Herbert A Hauptman and Dr Jerome Karle. Also, he was one of six Nobel laureates whose sons also won Nobel Prizes. In 2006, Roger D Kornberg was the Nobel chemistry... Read more
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	Navy Lab Uncloaks a Secret, Celebrates Its Breakthroughs ; ...lab has provided many things, not the least of them "time to think," said Jerome Karle, who has worked at the lab since 1946. Karle, with his partner and wife, Isabella Karle, used his time to develop a theory for determining molecular structure... Read more
	OBITUARIES.(FRONT)(Obituary) ; ...Conlin farm, south of Columbus. Marion was active in the St. Jerome Parish, the Columbia County Homemakers and was an active...held on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004, at 11:30 a.m. at the ST. JEROME CATHOLIC CHURCH, Columbus. The Rev Bruce Henington will officiate. Interment will be in the St. Jerome Cemetery, ... Read more
	Birthday finds Hauptman embarking on new research: Nobelist turns 90 as less of a night owl. ; ...I probably won't, he said. Of course, none of this means Hauptman, who shared the 1985 Nobel Prize in chemistry with Jerome Karle, a former colleague at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., intends to scale back his research activity... Read more
	John E. Ainsworth, 84, Dies; Physicist, Polymath ; ...measurements and co- wrote an article on "the structure and internal motion of 1,2- dichloroethane" with Nobel Prize winner Jerome Karle. A man who believed in a well-rounded life, Mr. Ainsworth was an accomplished ice dancer and, with his wife, won a jitterbug... Read more
	Rugby League: Poor start for Monie as Wolves run riot Warrington Wolves 48 London Broncos 18 ; ...eighth-minute lead with a penalty but London replied immediately when Karle Hammond's kick was collected by Danny Moore and Tulsen Tollett...clear. Allan Langer waltzed his way over with the Frenchman Jerome Guisset adding another try in the 72nd minute. Mark Forster... Read more

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