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Peter J. W. Debye Biography and Timeline

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Peter J. W. Debye, historical timeline

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1936

Nobel Prize

Chemist · Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for contributions to molecular structure through studies of dipole moments and the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases.

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