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Lars Onsager was a Norwegian American physical chemist and theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1968. He made significant contributions to statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, electrolytic solutions, and phase transitions in solids.
Learn about the life and achievements of Lars Onsager, the Norwegian-American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1968 for his contributions to the theory of irreversible processes. Find out his education, career, awards, publications and honors.
Learn about Lars Onsager, a Norwegian-born American chemist who won the 1968 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on irreversible thermodynamics. Find out his achievements, education, and publications on nonequilibrium processes and statistical mechanics.
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Lars Onsager was a Norwegian-American theoretical physical chemist who discovered the Onsager reciprocal relations for irreversible processes. He made major contributions to various fields of chemistry, such as electrolytes, dielectric liquids, and superfluidity.
Lars Onsager. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1968. Born: 27 November 1903, Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. Died: 5 October 1976, Coral Gables, FL, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
The archive contains papers, correspondence, photographs and other materials of Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist and Nobel laureate. It covers his research on irreversible thermodynamics, phase transitions, low-temperature physics and more.
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Lars Onsager was not altogether of this world, though he had a deep understanding of its fundamental laws. His life was first and foremost a life of the mind; he had little interest in politics or religion and spared little time for academic or public affairs.
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