Henry Eyring and the Nobel Prize
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54779/chl20240551Keywords:
life and work of Henry Eyring (1901–1981), Nobel Prize in chemistry, activated-complex theory, calculations of mechanisms and rates of chemical reactionsAbstract
Henry Eyring (1901–1981) was in a recent article from this journal mentioned as a Nobel laureate. Although he should have received the Nobel Prize in chemistry, he was never awarded it. His case is in fact considered among oversights or errors of the Nobel Prize committee (similarly to the cases of D. I. Mendeleev, L. Hammett, or Lise Meitner).