Herschbach, Dudley R.

Overview: Dudley Robert Herschbach (born 1932) is the Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University (emeritus, 2003). Herschbach is a pioneer in the study of molecular stereodynamics and measuring and theoretically interpreting the role of angular momentum and its vector properties in chemical reaction dynamics. For his research with Yuan T. Lee and John C. Polanyi, Herschbach was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986. The Dudley R. Herschbach personal archive documents the...