Birthdate: November 23, 1837
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Leiden, Netherlands
Died: March 8, 1923
Johannes Diderik van der Waals, a Dutch theoretical physicist and thermodynamicist, is renowned for his pioneering research on the equation of state for gases and liquids. He began his career as a schoolteacher and later became the inaugural physics professor at the University of Amsterdam. Van der Waals’s significant contributions include receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1910 for his groundbreaking equation of state. His work transformed the field of molecular physics by confirming the existence of molecules and accurately predicting critical-point parameters of gases through his equation. Van der Waals laid the groundwork for modern molecular science.
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