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Johannes Diderik van der Waals

1837 - 1923

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Johannes Diderik van der Waals (Dutch: [joːˈɦɑnəz ˈdidərɪk fɑn dər ˈʋaːls] ; 23 November 1837 – 8 March 1923) was a Dutch theoretical physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1910 "for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids". Van der Waals started his career as a schoolteacher. He became the first physics professor of the University of Amsterdam when its status was upgraded to Municipal University in 1877. His name is primarily associated with the van der Waals equation, an equation of state that describes the behavior of gases and their condensation to the liquid phase. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Diderik van der Waals is the 75th most popular physicist (down from 52nd in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 25th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Dutch Physicist.

Johannes Diderik van der Waals was a Dutch physicist who is most famous for his work in the field of thermodynamics.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Johannes Diderik van der Waals ranks 75 out of 851. Before him are Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., Philipp Lenard, Lev Landau, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Ludwig Boltzmann, and Max von Laue. After him are Edward Teller, James Chadwick, Hermann von Helmholtz, Christian Doppler, Ernst Mach, and Manne Siegbahn.

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Among people born in 1837, Johannes Diderik van der Waals ranks 4. Before him are Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Mary Harris Jones, and Alois Hitler. After him are Grover Cleveland, Fredrik Bajer, Wild Bill Hickok, Mily Balakirev, J. P. Morgan, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, and Yohannes IV. Among people deceased in 1923, Johannes Diderik van der Waals ranks 5. Before him are Wilhelm Röntgen, Gustave Eiffel, Sarah Bernhardt, and Vilfredo Pareto. After him are Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Jaroslav Hašek, Constantine I of Greece, John Venn, Warren G. Harding, Pancho Villa, and Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Johannes Diderik van der Waals ranks 28 out of 1,646. Before him are Sophia of Hanover (1630), Willem Barentsz (1550), Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853), M. C. Escher (1898), Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880), and Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967). After him are Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165), André Rieu (1949), Christiaan Eijkman (1858), Louis van Gaal (1951), and Jacob van Ruisdael (1628).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Netherlands

Among physicists born in Netherlands, Johannes Diderik van der Waals ranks 6. Before him are Christiaan Huygens (1629), Hendrik Lorentz (1853), Daniel Bernoulli (1700), Pieter Zeeman (1865), and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853). After him are Peter Debye (1884), Simon van der Meer (1925), Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920), Frits Zernike (1888), Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931), and Gerard 't Hooft (1946).

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