Walter Kohn



Walter Kohn (March 9, 1923 – April 19, 2016) was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist. He was awarded, with John Pople, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998, for his contributions to the understandings of the electronic properties of materials.

Quotes

 * Paris somehow lends itself to conceptual new ideas. I don't know why it is. There is a certain magic to that city.
 * In a discussion with UCSD's Ivan Schuller, on UCTV Series: "UCSD Guestbook" (9/1999) (Science) (Show ID: 4136)