Harold L. Friedman

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Harold Leo Friedman (born March 24, 1923 in Manhattan , New York City - † September 16, 2005 in Stony Brook , Long Island , New York ) was an American chemist and professor who studied the structural and thermodynamic properties of liquids busy and thereby made important contributions to marine and human physiology .

Life

After attending school, Friedman studied chemistry at the University of Chicago , where he obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS Chemistry) and received his doctorate there in 1949 under Henry Taube with the thesis The preparation and properties of ammonium chlorogallate and some related compounds . He was then a lecturer at the University of Southern California (USC) and then an employee of the IBM research center in Yorktown Heights . In 1965 Friedman accepted a professorship in chemistry at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (SBU) and taught there for almost 30 years until his retirement in 1994.

He was interested in the structure of water and the transport of matter and electrical charges in chemical solutions called electrolytes . In physiology, electrolytes influence blood chemistry and nerve actions, among other functions . While working with salt water and other electrolytic solutions , he investigated the behavior of electrically charged ions and the interactions between positively and negatively charged ions and the neutral molecules surrounding them . He described these investigations in his book Ionic Solution Theory (1962). Francis T. Bonner , head of the chemistry department at the SBU between 1958 and 1970, explained Friedman's work :

'Friedman's research became critical in the literature of oceanography and physiology, among other fields and applications. For example, in order to make accurate forecasts of weather, you need an accurate model of the medium. Harold Friedman helped us to model, explain and better understand the actions of electrolytes. '

“Friedman's research was crucial for the literature on oceanography and physiology, but also for other areas and applications. For example , exact models of this medium are required for accurate weather forecast . Harold Friedman helped us model, explain and better understand the actions of electrolytes. "

- Francis T. Bonner

In 1970, he succeeded Francis T. Bonner as head of the chemistry department at Stony Brook University and retained this position in the 1970s. In 1985 he published a textbook called A Course In Statistical Mechanics . In 1987 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society . In 1988 Harold L. Friedman was awarded the Robinson Medal of the Faraday Division for Physical Chemistry of the Royal Society of Chemistry for his research and discoveries . In 1997 he received the Joel Henry Hildebrand Award from the American Chemical Society .

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  1. ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Harold Friedman at academictree.org, accessed on February 6, 2018th
personal data
SURNAME Friedman, Harold L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedman, Harold Leo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chemist
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Manhattan , New York
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 2005
Place of death Stony Brook , New York