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Victor Moritz Goldschmidt: The Father of Modern Geochemistry |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT |
| Author: Gunnar Kullerud |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 4/1/1990 |
| Size: 2,765 Words, 17,080 Characters |
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In the 1930s, Victor Moritz Goldschmidt achieved threefold prominence as a physicist, chemist, and geologist, a feat difficult to achieve under today's conditions of scientific specialization. His main interests transcended the basic disciplines of physics and chemistry, leading him to apply their principles to cosmology, the origin of planets, and the distribution of the elements among such bodies. From his youth, he paid, special attention to the earth, becoming a prominent field geologist. His laboratory discoveries established him as the outstanding researcher and experimentalist of his time, and his ability to combine experiment with theory earned him the title of father of modern geochemistry.
Although Goldschmidt was nominated for the Nobel Prize in both physics and chemis...
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...d several times during the winter of 1946-47. Upon arriving home from one of these visits, he complained of a sudden violent headache and died in a matter of minutes.
A man of genius, and one of unyielding principles, honesty, and integrity, Victor Moritz Goldschmidt left a legacy that has advanced the frontiers of science and stimulated research that will be pursued for years to come.
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