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Peter Debye
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Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist (1884–1966)
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Peter Debye (1884–1966) was a physicist and chemist whose work focused on molecular structure and electrical properties. He authored numerous works, including *Polar molecules* and *Molekülstruktur*, as well as studies on light pressure and the determination of molecular structures. His contributions to the field were recognized by the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Debye’s academic and professional affiliations included recognition by the Royal Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also associated with the Nobel Laureates collection. A quote attributed to him states, "Mathematical physics is in the first place physics and it could not exist without experimental investigations."
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1936
“for his contributions to our knowledge of molecular structure through his investigations on dipole moments and on the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases”
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- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Maastricht
- Place of death
- Ithaca
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- ETH Zurich
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Notable work
- Debye–Hückel equation
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Arnold Sommerfeld
- Student of
- Arnold Sommerfeld
- Field of work
- X-ray
- Image
- Debye100.jpg
- Work location
- Leipzig
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- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- Commons category
- Peter Debye
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1884-03-24
- date of death
- 1966-11-02
- Erdős number
- 5
- manner of death
- natural causes
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- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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- name in native language
- Peter Joseph William Debye
- birth name
- Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije
- described at URL
- library.ethz.ch/standorte-und-medien/plattformen/kurzportraets/debye-peter-1884-1966.html
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- maintained by WikiProject
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- interested in
- physical chemistry
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Joseph William Debye (/dɪˈbaɪ/ dib-EYE; born Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije, Dutch: [ˈpeːtrʏz dəˈbɛiə]; March 24, 1884 – November 2, 1966) was a Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry.
Biography
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