William Wiswesser
American chemist (1914–1989) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Wiswesser" redirects here. For the notation, see Wiswesser line notation. For the formula used for ordering subshells, see Wiswesser rule.
William Joseph Wiswesser (December 3, 1914 – December 17, 1989) was an American chemist best known as the creator of the Wiswesser line notation (WLN), which was an innovative way to represent chemical structures in a linear string of characters suitable for computer manipulation. He is also known for the Wiswesser rule, a mathematical formula that predicts the order of atomic orbitals in many-electron atoms.
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William J. Wiswesser | |
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Born | December 3, 1914 Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | December 17, 1989 (age 75) Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Alma mater | Lehigh University (BS) |
Known for | Wiswesser line notation Wiswesser rule |
Awards | Department of the Army Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service |
Scientific career | |
Fields | computational chemistry chemical information |
Institutions | Cooper Union United States Army USDA |
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