Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Johannes van der Waals
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a Dutch theoretical physicist and thermodynamicist famous for his pioneering work on the equation of state for gases and liquids.
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Born
23 November 1837 Leiden, Netherlands
Died
8 March 1923 (aged 85) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Known for
Laying the foundations for modern molecular physics (molecular theory) Originating modern theory of intermolecular forces Law of corresponding states Real gas law Van der Waals forces Van der Waals equation
Fields
Theoretical physics, thermodynamics
Alma mater
University of Leiden
Awards
Nobel Prize for Physics (1910)
Institutions
University of Amsterdam
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Netherlands
Doctoral advisor
Pieter Rijke
Doctoral students
Diederik Korteweg Willem Hendrik Keesom
era
1800+
Influenced
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Willem Hendrik Keesom Peter Debye Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski James Dewar Fritz London John Shipley Rowlinson Modern molecular science (including molecular physics and molecular
Influences
Rudolf Clausius Ludwig Boltzmann Josiah Willard Gibbs Thomas Andrews