Max Bodenstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Max Bodenstein

German chemist

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1871

Place of Birth: Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 03-Sep-1942

Profession: physicist, chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Max Ernst August Bodenstein (July 15, 1871 – September 3, 1942) was a German physical chemist known for his work in chemical kinetics.
He was first to postulate a chain reaction mechanism and that explosions are branched chain reactions, later applied to the atomic bomb.