George C. Pimentel winner of Wolf Prize in Chemistry
THE 1982 WOLF FOUNDATION PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY
The Prize Committee in Chemistry for 1982 has reached the unanimous decision to recommend that the Wolf Prize be awarded to a distinguished chemists for their far-reaching contributions to science for the benefit of mankind.
for development of matrix isolation spectroscopy and for the discovery of photodissociation lasers and chemical lasers.
John C. Polanyi winner of Wolf Prize in Chemistry
THE 1982 WOLF FOUNDATION PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY
The Prize Committee in Chemistry for 1982 has reached the unanimous decision to recommend that the Wolf Prize be awarded to a distinguished chemist for their far-reaching contributions to science for the benefit of mankind
for his studies of chemical reactions in unprecedented detail through development of the infrared chemiluminescence technique, and for envisaging the principles underlying the chemical laser.