Johannes Diderik van der Waals

Johannes van der Waals
Born	(1837-11-23)23 November 1837 Leiden, Netherlands
Died	8 March 1923(1923-03-08) (aged 85) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Leiden
Known for	Laying the foundations for modern molecular physics (molecular theory) Originating modern theory of intermolecular forces Law of corresponding states Real gas law Van der Waals forces Van der Waals equation of state Van der Waals radius Van der Waals surface Van der Waals molecule
Awards	Nobel Prize for Physics (1910)
Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical physics, thermodynamics
Institutions	University of Amsterdam
Doctoral advisor	Pieter Rijke
Doctoral students	Diederik Korteweg Willem Hendrik Keesom
Influences	Rudolf Clausius Ludwig Boltzmann Josiah Willard Gibbs Thomas Andrews
Influenced	Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Willem Hendrik Keesom Peter Debye Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski James Dewar Fritz London John Shipley Rowlinson Modern molecular science (including molecular physics and molecular dynamics) Cryogenics

Johannes Diderik van der Waals (Dutch pronunciation: [joːˈɦɑnəz ˈdidərɪk fɑn dər ˈʋaːls]  ( listen)^{[note 1]}; 23 November 1837 – 8 March 1923) was a Dutch theoretical physicist and thermodynamicist. He became famous for his pioneering work on the equation of state for gases and liquids. Van der Waals started his career as a school teacher. In 1877, he became the first physics professor of the University of Amsterdam. Van der Waals won the 1910 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids.^[1]
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1. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1910". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2008-10-09.