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SUMMARY:Walter Kohn: the theoretical physicist who created DFT and won the
  Nobel Prize for Chemistry - Prof. Sir David Clary\, FRS (University of Ox
 ford)
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CONTACT:Bo Peng
DESCRIPTION:Density Functional Theory (DFT) has become one of the most hig
 hly cited techniques in science\, widely used for simulations in physics\,
  chemistry\, materials science and biology. The modern form of DFT was inv
 ented by Walter Kohn after a remarkable personal journey which included es
 caping on the Kindertransport to England on almost the last train out of V
 ienna in August 1939\, and then being interned in Canada deep in a forest 
 miles from civilisation. Despite these disadvantages\, Walter Kohn was abl
 e to have an exceptional academic career in theoretical solid state physic
 s which culminated in DFT and the Nobel Prize (but for Chemistry\, not Phy
 sics).  Drawing on fresh insights from his recent biography %{color:red}Wa
 lter Kohn: From Kindertransport and Internment to DFT and the Nobel Prize%
 \, David Clary will describe the remarkable life\, career and science of W
 alter Kohn. 
LOCATION:Seminar Room 3\, RDC
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