Johannes Diderik van der Waals

Johannes Diderik van der Waals (Dutch: [joːˈɦɑnəz ˈdidəˌrɪk fɑn dɛr ˈʋaːls] ( listen);[1] 23 November 1837 – 8 Mairch 1923) was a Dutch theoretical physicist an thermodynamicist famous for his wirk on an equation o state for gases an liquids.


Johannes van der Waals
Born23 November 1837(1837-11-23)
Leiden, Netherlands
Dee'd8 Mairch 1923(1923-03-08) (aged 85)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
NaitionalityNetherlands
Alma materVarsity o Leiden
Kent forEquation o state, intermolecular forces
AwairdsNobel Prize for Physics (1910)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsVarsity o Amsterdam
Doctoral advisorPieter Rijke
Doctoral studentsDiederik Korteweg
Willem Hendrik Keesom

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