Richard Barry Bernstein

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Richard Barry Bernstein (October 31, 1923 – July 8, 1990) was an American physical chemist. He is primarily known for his research in chemical kinetics and reaction dynamics by molecular beam scattering and laser techniques. He is credited with having founded femtochemistry, which laid the groundwork for developments in femtobiology. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1970.^[1] Among his awards were the National Medal of Science and the Willard Gibbs Award, both in 1989.

Bernstein received his doctorate in chemistry from Columbia University in 1948.^[2]

Bernstein had a heart attack in Moscow and died shortly afterwards in Helsinki, Finland, aged 66.

• Online Archive of California - University of California: In Memoriam, Richard B. Bernstein

• National Medal of Science

• National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir

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