Lars Onsager

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Nobel laureate in Chemistry human physical chemist theoretical physicist

Lars Onsager was a Norwegian-born physical chemist and theoretical physicist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on nonequilibrium thermodynamics and the Onsager reciprocal relations.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Chemistry → human → physical chemist → theoretical physicist →
awardReceived	Chauvenet Prize → John Gamble Kirkwood Medal → Lorentz Medal → Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Rumford Medal → Theoretical Chemistry Award of the American Chemical Society → Willard Gibbs Award →
citizenship	Norway → United States of America →
countryOfBirth	Norway →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1903-11-27 →
dateOfDeath	1976-10-05 →
doctoralAdvisor	Peter Debye →
doctoralStudent	Kurt Binder → Martin Gutzwiller →
educatedAt	Norwegian Institute of Technology →
employer	Brown University → Johns Hopkins University → University of Miami → Yale University →
familyName	Onsager →
fieldOfWork	physical chemistry → statistical mechanics → theoretical physics → thermodynamics →
givenName	Lars →
knownFor	Onsager algebra → Onsager reciprocal relations → Onsager–Machlup function → exact solution of the two-dimensional Ising model → nonequilibrium thermodynamics →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America → Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters → Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters →
NobelPrizeInChemistryYear	1968 →
notableWork	Crystal statistics. I. A two-dimensional model with an order-disorder transition → Reciprocal relations in irreversible processes →
placeOfBirth	Oslo →
placeOfDeath	Coral Gables, Florida →
positionHeld	J. Willard Gibbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University →
residence	Coral Gables, Florida → New Haven, Connecticut →
sexOrGender	male →

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Ising model →	exactSolutionBy
Lars Onsager ("Onsager") →	familyName
University of Oslo →	hasNotableAlumni