Roald Hoffmann is a theoretical chemist who has straddled the traditional boundary between organic and inorganic chemistry. He has emphasized the role of aesthetics in science and the inherent beauty of chemical systems, and he values clarity and...

Roald Hoffmann was born Roald Safran on July 18, 1937, in Zloczów, Poland on the eve of World War II. His father was Hillel Safran, a civil engineer; his mother, Clara Rosen, was a schoolteacher. In 1941 German troops occupied Zloczów,...

1937- Polish-American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1981 for his work on the mathematical prediction of electron behavior in chemical reactions. Interested in studying the electron structures and reaction patterns of molecules, he...

Roald Hoffmann (born July 18, 1937)[1] is an American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He currently teaches at Cornell University in Ithaca, New...

Ethics and social responsibility are not easy topics to address. However, the more the scientific community learns about nature and the world, the more these issues will take center stage. In fact, the stage is what Roald Hoffmann uses to explore the ethical...

It's unusual to hear a Nobel prize-winning chemist say he suspects his contemporaries think he has gone soft' because he has written a play. However, that is what chemists Roald Hoffmann (winner of the 1981 Noble Prize in Chemistry) and Carl Djerassi, suspect....

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected within days to approve a new toxic fumigant for use by fruit and vegetable farmers, despite opposition from California regulators, prominent scientists and environmental and farmworker groups.The agency intends to register methyl iodide as a substitute for the pesticide...