Svante Arrhenius
Svante August Arrhenius (/ɑːˈreɪniʊs/;[1] 19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. He receiv
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Svante August Arrhenius (/ɑːˈreɪniʊs/;[1] 19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. He received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1903, becoming the first Swedish Nobel laureate, and in 1905 became director of the Nobel Institute where he remained until his death.
He was the first to use basic principles of physical chemistry to calculate estimates of the extent to which increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide increase the Earth's surface temperature, leading David Keeling to conclude, and demonstrate in the 1960s, that human-caused carbon dioxide emissions are large enough to cause global warming.[3]
His lasting contributions to science are exemplified and memorialized by the Arrhenius equation, Arrhenius definition of an acid, lunar crater Arrhenius, Martian crater Arrhenius,[4] the mountain of Arrheniusfjellet, and the Arrhenius Labs at Stockholm University.
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