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Harold Clayton Urey
(1893-1981)

Ph.D., University of California, 1923
Thesis: 1. The distribution of electrons in the various orbits of the hydrogen atom. 2. The heat capacities and entropies of diatomic an polyatomic gases.
Advisor(s): Lewis, Gilbert Newton

Students:

AGID Name University Year Degree Awarded
26390 Wasserburg, Gerald Joseph University of Chicago 1954
28842 Lewis Jr, John Simpson University of California, San Diego 1968
Notes:

The link from the thesis title is to Part 1. Part 2 is at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja01659a017.



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