Robert S. Mulliken

thumb|Mulliken in 1929 Robert Sanderson Mulliken (June 7, 1896 – October 31, 1986) was an American physical chemist, primarily responsible for the early development of molecular orbital theory, i.e. the elaboration of the molecular orbital method of computing the structure of molecules. Mulliken received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1966 and the Priestley Medal in 1983. Quotes ...the more accurate the calculations became, the more the concepts tended to vanish into thin air. about using old-fashioned chemistry to describe molecular structure, in Molecular Scientists and Molecular Science: Some Reminiscences, J. Chem. Phys. 43, S2 (1965). External links Category:Chemists from the United States Category:Nobel laureates from the United States Category:Nobel laureates in Chemistry Category:1896 births Category:1986 deaths Category:Scientists from Massachusetts Category:Physicists from the United States Category:Harvard University alumni Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Category:University of Chicago alumni Category:University of Chicago faculty Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society Category:New York University faculty