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Also Known As Dudley Robert Herschbach
Born June 18, 1932 (age 92) • San Jose • California
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1986)
Subjects Of Study chemical reaction • crossed molecular beam technique • molecular beam • reaction mechanism • scattering

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