Irving Langmuir
Irving Langmuir
Irving Langmuir /ˈlæŋmjʊr/was an American chemist and physicist. His most noted publication was the famous 1919 article "The Arrangement of Electrons in Atoms and Molecules" in which, building on Gilbert N. Lewis's cubical atom theory and Walther Kossel's chemical bonding theory, he outlined his "concentric theory of atomic structure". Langmuir became embroiled in a priority dispute with Lewis over this work; Langmuir's presentation skills were largely responsible for the popularization of the theory, although the credit for the theory itself...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth31 January 1881
CountryUnited States of America