Gilbert LewisBy: Hailey Kaay & Jasmeen Gurm

October 23, 1875 – March 23, 1946

American physical chemist

Married Hylda Tafler for 53 years

Had two sons

He couldn’t support his family financially so he left them

Personal Story

Idea of the Atom He believed that the atom was

shaped of a cube and the corners represent the electrons

Discovered more and more of chemical bonds

He studied about special relativity and gained more knowledge on mathematical physics and study of space time

Atomic model known as the Lewis Langmuir octet

Area Of Study Study of space-time

National Academy of Sciences Harvard University at 15

Gilbert was the first scientist to produce heavy water, experimenting with double weight hydrogen atoms

Worked with Ernest Lawrence in the

invention of the cyclotron

Atom-smashing experiments.

Major Scientific Contribution Gilbert Lewis is well known for the discovery of covalent

bonds and purification of heavy water

Thermodynamics - working with heat and mechanical energy

He showed how to write formulas using dots to represent

the electrons for example Example: O::C::O for carbon dioxide or H:Cl for hydrogen chloride.

Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_N._Lewis http://library.thinkquest.org/15567/bio/lewis.html http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/Lewis.html http://

www.humantouchofchemistry.com/gilbert-newton-lewis.htm

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