Robert A. Alberty, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Biophysical chemist
Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1921
Place of Birth: Winfield, Kansas, United States
Date of Death: 18-Jan-2014
Profession: chemist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Robert A. Alberty
- Robert Arnold Alberty (June 21, 1921 – January 18, 2014) was an American biophysical chemist, Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Alberty earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Nebraska in 1943 and 1944, respectively, then a doctoral degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1947.
- For his work in the area of biochemical thermodynamics, Alberty was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1965.
- In 1968 he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- He was dean of the MIT School of Science between 1967-1982. Alberty is also known for his textbooks on physical chemistry, which have gone through many editions.
- The first one, Physical Chemistry, co-authored with Farrington Daniels, was published in 1957.
- More recent books of the same title have been co-authored with Robert J.
- Silbey and Moungi G.
- Bawendi (2004).
- Other works include Thermodynamics of Biochemical Reactions (2003) and Biochemical Thermodynamics: Applications of Mathematica (Methods of Biochemical Analysis) (2006). He died at the age of 92 on January 18, 2014.
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