John C. Polanyi, a pioneer in the field of reaction dynamics, made major contributions toward scientists' knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of chemical reactions. His work on the use of infrared c...
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Polanyi was born in 1929, in Berlin, Germany to Michael Polanyi, a chemistry professor, and Magda Elizabeth Kemeny Polanyi, both of Hungarian descent.In 1946, Polanyi enrolled at Manchester University...
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John Charles Polanyi (born 1929) was a Hungarian scientist whose work with chemical reactions led to the construction of a "chemical laser" and to a share of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.John Pol...
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John C. Polanyi
John C. Polanyi
John Charles Polanyi