In 1932, Irving Langmuir won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Born: January 31, 1881, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died: August 16, 1957 (aged 76) Woods Hole, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality: American.
Education: Columbia University, University of Göttingen.
Known as: Inventor of the high-vacuum tube, Langmuir isotherm, Langmuir waves.
Awards: William H. Nichols Medal (1915, 1920), Hughes Medal (1918), Perkin Medal (1928), Willard Gibbs Award (1930), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1932), Franklin Medal (1934), Faraday Lectureship Prize (1939), Faraday Medal (1944), John J. Carty Award (1950), ForMemRS.
Fields: Chemistry, physics.
