Jan van der Waals

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Physicist
gptkbp:academic_advisor gptkb:Hermanus_van_der_Waals
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_Amsterdam
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkbp:born November 23, 1837
gptkbp:children gptkb:3
gptkbp:contribution van der Waals radius
van der Waals volume
gptkbp:died March 8, 1923
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Amsterdam
gptkbp:field gptkb:statistical_mechanics
thermodynamics
gptkbp:field_of_study gptkb:statistical_mechanics
thermodynamics
condensed matter physics
physical chemistry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jan van der Waals
gptkbp:image Jan van der Waals portrait
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Ludwig_Boltzmann
gptkb:nanotechnology
gptkb:Quantum_Mechanics
biochemistry
environmental science
astrophysics
chemical engineering
fluid dynamics
material science
pharmacology
thermodynamic cycles
condensed matter physics
physical chemistry
surface science
geophysics
critical phenomena
molecular physics
biophysics
chemical physics
materials engineering
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Hermann_von_Helmholtz
gptkbp:known_for van der Waals forces
van der Waals equation
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Dutch
gptkbp:notable_students gptkb:Hendrik_Lorentz
gptkb:Willem_de_Sitter
gptkbp:place_of_birth Haarlem, Netherlands
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Amsterdam,_Netherlands
gptkbp:research_focus phase transitions
gas behavior
liquid behavior
gptkbp:signature Jan van der Waals signature
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Johanna_van_der_Waals
gptkbp:title On the Continuity of the Gaseous and Liquid States
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Netherlands_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4