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Johannes Diderik van der Waals

Johannes Diderik van der Waals (November 23, 1837 - March 8, 1923) Dutch scientist famous "for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids" for which he won a Nobel Prize in 1910.

See:

Van der Waals bonding
Van der Waals equation
Van der Waals force
Van der Waals radius

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http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1910/waals-bio A biography.

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