History of Electrochemistry


Veniamin (Benjamin) G. Levich

Veniamin Grigor’evich Levich (1917-1987) originates from the Landau school, but he is also closely associated with the Frumkin school. He was the head of the Theoretical Dept of the Frumkin Institute until 1972. Such a department was unique for a nominally chemical institution and provided an outstanding contribution to the development of electrochemistry. Simultaneously, Levich created a strong branch of hydrodynamics presented in his famous book “Physico-Chemical Hydrodynamics”. While the ensuing texts collect his most important biographic information, we felt it necessary to provide several additional remarks as well.

Veniamin Grigor’evich Levich. On the occasion of his 60th birthday (J. Electroanal. Chem. 82 (1977) 1-7)

Benjamin G. Levich 1917-1987 (Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering 5 (1992) 164-168)

Veniamin (Benjamin) Grigor’evich Levich (1917–1987)
Introduction to Jubilee Issue (Russian J. Electrochem. 44 (2008) 360-367)

The Benjamin Levich Institute for Physico-Chemical Hydrodynamics (City College of New York, CCNY)

We devote a separate page to Alexander M. Kusnetsov, whose contribution to electron transfer theory is widely recognized …

Levich’s publications

Books

Articles and Reviews

1937 – 1944

1945 – 1957

1958 – 1964

1965 – 1972

1973-1990

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