Leslie Leiserowitz Israeli chemist Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leslie-Leiserowitz Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leslie-Leiserowitz Written by Erik Gregersen Erik Gregersen is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica, specializing in the physical sciences and technology. Before joining Britannica in 2007, he worked at the University of Chicago Press on the... Erik Gregersen Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Jun 25, 2024 • Article History Table of Contents Born: April 9, 1934, Johannesburg, South Africa (Show more) Leslie Leiserowitz (born April 9, 1934, Johannesburg, South Africa) is an Israeli chemist known for his work, conducted in collaboration with Israeli chemist Meir Lahav, on the crystal forms of organic molecules. Leiserowitz received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1956. Shortly after graduating, while Leiserowitz was working at Philips-Denby, a company that made microwave equipment, “he became acutely aware of his ignorance of the structures of the various materials that were the engineer’s stock-in-trade,” as he later wrote. To further his knowledge, he read X Rays and Crystal Structure (1915), by ...(100 of 374 words)

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