Biography:Anthony Stone

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Short description: British academic
Anthony Stone
Born
Anthony J. Stone
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
Doctoral advisorH. Christopher Longuet-Higgins[1]
Doctoral students
  • Sarah (Sally) Price[2]
  • David J. Wales[3]
Website

Anthony J. Stone is a British theoretical chemist and emeritus professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge.[4]

Education

Stone studied Natural Sciences at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and obtained a Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry under H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins.[1][4]

Career and research

In 1964 he took up a position in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, where he remained until his retirement in 2006. He is known for the Stone–Wales defect of fullerene isomers.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Longuet-Higgins, H.C.; Stone, A.J. (1962). "The electronic structure and electron spin resonance of tricyclopentadienyl trinickel dicarbonyl". Molecular Physics 5 (5): 417–424. doi:10.1080/00268976200100471. ISSN 0026-8976. Bibcode: 1962MolPh...5..417L. 
  2. ↑ Price, Sarah L. (1980). Model intermolecular pair potentials. ethos.bl.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 557224619.
  3. ↑ Wales, David John (1988). Some theoretical aspects of cluster chemistry (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 556426622.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Anon (2008). "A Special Issue in Honour of Professor Anthony J. Stone". Molecular Physics 106 (12): 3. doi:10.1080/00268970802405390. 
  5. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named stonewales