TÜRKÇE

Babası Nüzhet Haşim Sinanoğlu'nun başkonsolos olarak görev yaptığı İtalya'nın Bari şehrinde doğdu. II. Dünya Savaşı'nın başlamasının ardından 1939'da ailesiyle Türkiye'ye döndü.

 

Oktay Sinanoğlu, 1953 yılında TED Ankara Yenişehir Lisesi'nden birincilikle mezun oldu. 1953 yılında okul bursu ile ABD'ye gitti. 1956'da Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nde, Berkeley'deki Kaliforniya Üniversitesi'nden kimya mühendisi olarak mezun oldu. 1957'de Massachusetts Teknoloji Enstitüsü'nde yüksek lisansını tamamladı. Aynı yıl "Sloan Ödülü"nü kazandı.

 

Doçentlik tezini tamamlamasının (1958-1959) ardından Berkeley'de teorik kimya alanında doktorasını tamamladı (1959-1960). Doktora danışmanı Kenneth Pitzer'di.

 

ÖLÜMÜ

Ölümü hakkında eşi Dilek Sinanoğlu'nun açıklamalarda bulunmuş. Hekimler Oktay Sinanoğlu'nun yeterince beslenemediği için beslenme tüpü takılmasının gerekli olduğunu söylediler .Beslenme tüpünün tıkanması sonucu besinler ciğere dolması sonucunda derin komaya girdi ve 19 Nisan 2015 tarihinde 80 yaşında öldü. Ölümü hakında hiçbir tıbbi açıklama yapılmamış. Ve cenazesi Türkiye'ye gönderilmiştir.

 

HAKKINDA YAZILAN KİTAPLAR

1. Oktay Sinanoğlu, Türk Aynştaynı (hazırlayan: Emine Çaykara)

2. Oktay Sinanoğlu, Bir Türk Dehası (yazan: Ahmet Hakan)

 

KENDİ YAZDIĞI KİTAPLAR

 

Akademik

1. Modern Quantum Chemistry: Istanbul Lectures (Academic Press,1965)

2. Sigma Molecular Orbital Theory (Yale Press,1970)

3. Three Approaches to Electron Correlation in Atoms and Molecules (with K.Brueckner, Yale Press,1971)

4. New Directions in Atomic Physics (with E.Condon, Yale Press,1971)

 

Diğerleri

1. Göçmen Hamamı

2. 2050'ye 5 Kala Dünyanın 105 Yıllık Tarihi

3. İlerisi için Türkçe Giderse Türkiye Gider 

4. Bye Bye Türkçe / Bir Nev-York Rüyası 

5. Büyük Uyanış

6. Hedef  Türkiye

7. Ne Yapmalı / Yeniden Diriliş ve Kurtuluş İçin 

8. Yeni Bilim Ufukları I 

9. Yeni Bilim Ufuklari 2 (Yeni bir matematik kuramı ve onunla bazı fizik kimya ilkelerinin bulunması)

10. Yeni Bilim Ufukları 3 (Hayatın Örgüsü Elli Yıllık Biyolojinin Temellerini Sarsan Sorular)

11. Açıklamalı Fizik, Kimya, Matematik Ana Terimleri Sözlüğü

 

ENGLISH

Sinanoğlu was born in Bari, Italy on February 25, 1935 to Nüzhet Haşim and Rüveyde (Karacabey) Sinanoğlu. His father was a consular official under the Consul General Atıf Kor in the Bari Consulate of Turkey and a writer. He wrote a book on Greek and Roman Mythology, and another one titled "Petrarca", published in 1931, stating in its preface: "The best way (for Turkey) is adopting the Western culture." Following his father's recall to Turkey in July 1938, the family returned to Turkey before the start of World War II. He had a sister, Esin Afşar (1936-2011), who became a well-known singer and actress.

 

Sinanoğlu graduated from TED Ankara Koleji in 1951. He went to the United States in 1953, where he studied at the University of California, Berkeley graduating with a BSc degree with highest honors in 1956. The following year, he completed his MSc at MIT (1957) and was awarded Sloan Research Fellowship. He completed his predoctoral fellowship (1958-1959) and earned his Ph.D. in physical chemistry (1959-1960) from the University of California, Berkeley

 

On December 21, 1963, Oktay Sinanoğlu married Paula Armbruster, who was doing graduate work at Yale University. The wedding ceremony took place in the Branford College Chapel of Yale.

 

He remarried to Dilek Sinanoğlu and from this marriage, he became the father of twins. The family resided in the Emerald Lakes neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale, Texas, and Istanbul, Turkey. 

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DEATH 

His wife Dilek Sinanoğlu made public on April 10, 2015, that Oktay Sinanoğlu was hospitalized in Miami, Florida, and was taken into an intensive care unit in a coma. According to the posting, it was assumed that nutrition reached his lungs from a feeding tube during his stay in a nursing home. He died at age 80 on April 19, 2015. No medical statement was released about the cause of the death.

 

He is survived by his first wife, Paula Armbruster, son Karacabey Levni Sinanoğlu, daughter Elif Sinanoğlu Armbruster, son Murat Armbruster, His wife Dilek Sinanoğlu, twins Oya and Alper Sinanoğlu, grandson Ayuka Wilhelm Sinanoğlu and granddaughter Mary Elizabeth Cochrane

 

His body was transferred to Turkey. A memorial service was held at Caddebostan Cultural Center in Kadıköy, Istanbul on April 26 attended by his wife Dilek Sinanoğlu, twin children Oya and Alper Sinanoğlu as well as his son from the first marriage, Karacabey Levni Sinanoğlu. He was laid to rest in Karacaahmet Cemetery, Üsküdar following the religious funeral service at Şakirin Mosque

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BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT

1. Oktay Sinanoğlu, Türk Aynştayni (prepared by: Emine Çaykara)

2. Oktay Sinanoğlu, a Turkish genius (author: Ahmet Hakan)

 

 

SELF-AUTHORED BOOKS

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Academic

1. Modern Quantum Chemistry: Istanbul Lectures (Academic Press, 1965)

2. Sigma Molecular Orbital Theory (Yale Press, 1970)

3. Three Approaches to Electron Correlation in Atoms and Molecules (with K.Brueckner, Yale Press, 1971)

4. New Directions in Atomic Physics (with E.Condon, Yale Press, 1971)

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Others

1. Migrant Bath

2. The 105-year history of the World 5 to 2050

3. If Turkish goes for the future, Turkey goes 

4. Bye Bye Turkish / A Nev-York Dream 

5. The Great Awakening

6. Target Turkey

7. What to do / for resurrection and Salvation 

8. New Science Horizons I 

9. New scientific horizons 2 (Finding a new mathematical theory and some principles of physical chemistry with it)

10. New Science Horizons 3 (The Weave Of Life Questions That Shake The Foundations Of Fifty Years Of Biology)

11. Annotated Glossary Of The Main Terms Of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics