Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Dutch theoretical physicist
Johannes Diderik van der Waals was a Dutch theoretical physicist and thermodynamicist famous for his pioneering work on the equation of state for gases and liquids. Van der Waals started his career as a schoolteacher. Wikipedia
Born: November 23, 1837, Leiden, Netherlands
Died: March 8, 1923 (age 85 years), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Spouse: Anna Magdalena Smit (m. 1865–1881)
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics
Parents: Jacobus van der Waals and Elisabeth van den Burg
Alma mater: University of Leiden
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Johannes Diderik van der Waals was a Dutch theoretical physicist and thermodynamicist. He became famous for his pioneering work on the equation of state for ...
Johannes Diderik van der Waals (November 23, 1837 – March 8, 1923) was an outstanding Dutch physicist who was the first to obtain an equation of state that ...