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Johannes Diderik van der Waals
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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.
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Born | 23 November 1837(1837-11-23) Leiden, Netherlands |
Dee'd | 8 Mairch 1923(1923-03-08) (aged 85) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Naitionality | Netherlands |
Alma mater | Varsity o Leiden |
Kent for | Equation o state, intermolecular forces |
Awairds | Nobel Prize for Physics (1910) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Varsity o Amsterdam |
Doctoral advisor | Pieter Rijke |
Doctoral students | Diederik Korteweg Willem Hendrik Keesom |
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