Johannes Diderik van der Waals
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 school teacher. He became the first physics professor of the University of Amsterdam when in 1877 the old Athenaeum was upgraded to Municipal University. Van der Waals won the 1910 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids.
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Date of Birth
November 23rd, 1837
Age
188
Birth Place
Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, South Holland
Date of Death
March 8th, 1923
Died Aged
85
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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