Johannes Diderik van der Waals

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Nobel laureate in Physics human physicist theoretical physicist

Johannes Diderik van der Waals was a Dutch theoretical physicist best known for formulating the van der Waals equation of state, which describes the behavior of real gases and earned him the 1910 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Johannes Diderik van der Waals canonical 2
J. D. van der Waals 1
Johannes Diderik van der Waals Jr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physics ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
theoretical physicist ⓘ
awardReceived Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
surface form: Nobel Prize in Physics 1910
burialPlace Zorgvlied Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1837-11-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1923-03-08 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Pieter Rijke ⓘ
educatedAt University of Leiden ⓘ
surface form: Leiden University
employer University of Amsterdam ⓘ
era 19th-century physics ⓘ
early 20th-century physics ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dutch ⓘ
familyName van der Waals ⓘ
fieldOfWork statistical mechanics ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
thermodynamics ⓘ
fullName Johannes Diderik van der Waals self-link ⓘ
givenName Diderik ⓘ
Johannes ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline physics ⓘ
hasRelative Johannes Diderik van der Waals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Johannes Diderik van der Waals Jr.

Truus van der Waals ⓘ
influenced statistical physics of fluids ⓘ
influencedBy James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ
Rudolf Clausius ⓘ
knownFor van der Waals equation of state ⓘ
van der Waals ⓘ
surface form: van der Waals forces

work on real gases ⓘ
languageSpoken Dutch ⓘ
memberOf Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
nobelPrizeCategory Physics ⓘ
nobelPrizeYear 1910 ⓘ
notableConcept law of corresponding states ⓘ
van der Waals radius ⓘ
placeOfBirth Leiden ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
South Holland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Amsterdam ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
North Holland ⓘ
positionHeld professor of physics ⓘ
residence Amsterdam ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Anna Magdalena Smit ⓘ

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Utrecht University → hasNotableAlumnus → Johannes Diderik van der Waals ⓘ
Josiah Willard Gibbs → influenced → Johannes Diderik van der Waals ⓘ
this entity surface form: J. D. van der Waals
Johannes Diderik van der Waals → fullName → Johannes Diderik van der Waals self-link ⓘ
Johannes Diderik van der Waals → hasRelative → Johannes Diderik van der Waals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannes Diderik van der Waals Jr.