Irving Langmuir was a renowned chemist, physicist, and industrial researcher who worked at the General Electric Company for more than forty years. In addition to developing important improvements to the light bulb and other devices, he made significant...

Irving Langmuir was born in Brooklyn, New York, with an inherent interest in science but eyesight so poor that he could not make out even the individual leaves on trees. He had his first clear glimpse of the world of nature when he was fitted with...

The chemist Irving Langmuir (1881-1957) was one of the best of the industrial scientists in the United States who helped establish scientific research as a necessary industrial activity. Irving Langmuir was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., where his father was...

1881-1957 American chemical physicist who was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for work on surface chemistry. From studies of surface films on liquids Langmuir deduced approximate molecular sizes and shapes, and his studies of gas absorption...

Irving Langmuir (January 31, 1881 in Brooklyn, New York - August 16, 1957 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts) was an American chemist and physicist. His most noted publication was the famous 1919 article "The Arrangement of Electrons in Atoms and Molecules"...