Theodor Svedberg Summary

Theodor Svedberg 1884-1971 Swedish physical chemist whose researches on colloids, biological molecules, and radiochemistry significantly affected both theoretical and applied chemistry. In order to in... Read more

Svedberg was raised by a civil engineer who shared his love of nature with his son. He studied chemistry in school because he believed many unsolved problems in biology could be explained as chemical ... Read more

Theodor Svedberg, helped to turn the arcane field of colloid chemistry into a vigorous and productive field of study. In so doing, he developed the ultracentrifuge, one of the most basic and useful to... Read more