Selig Hecht

Selig Hecht
Born(1892-02-08)February 8, 1892
Glogau, German Empire
DiedSeptember 18, 1947(1947-09-18) (aged 55)
New York, United States
Alma materCity College of New York
Harvard University
Known forExplaining the Atom (1947)
SpouseCelia Huebschmann
Scientific career
ThesisThe physiology of Ascidia atra Lesueur (1917)
Doctoral advisorG. H. Parker

Selig Hecht (February 8, 1892 – September 18, 1947) was an American professor of biophysics who specialized in the physiology of vision. His scientific papers included studies of photochemistry in photoreceptor cells. At the time of his death, he became known to the general public for having authored Explaining the Atom (1947), which was praised as "a classic of popular scientific writing".

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