Wolf Prize · Chemistry

Wolf Prize 1982: Winners

Recipients

  1. George C. Pimentel

    Chemistry

    for development of matrix isolation spectroscopy and for the discovery of photodissociation lasers and chemical lasers.

  2. John C. Polanyi

    Chemistry

    for his studies of chemical reactions in unprecedented detail through development of the infrared chemiluminescence technique, and for envisaging the principles underlying the chemical laser.