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Also Known As Gilbert Newton Lewis
Born October 23, 1875 • Weymouth • Massachusetts
Died March 23, 1946 (aged 70) • Berkeley • California
Notable Works “Thermodynamics and the Free Energy of Chemical Substances” • “Valence and the Structure of Atoms and Molecules”
Subjects Of Study Lewis acid • Lewis base • Lewis theory • covalent bond • deuterium • electron pair • heavy water • luminescence

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