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Lars Onsager

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Lars Onsager

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Also known as L. Onsager

American physical chemist and theoretical physicist (1903-1976)

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Lars Onsager was born on November 27, 1903, and died on October 5, 1976. He held an Erdős number of 3. Onsager received one Nobel Prize.

His work is recognized in several collections, including the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Chemistry collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the National Medal Of Science collection.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1968

    “for the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Lars
Gender
male
Citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Place of birth
Christiania
Place of death
Coral Gables
Occupation
university teacher
Educated at
Norwegian Institute of Technology
Employer
Leiden University
Languages spoken
Dutch
Native language
Dutch
Doctoral advisor
Peter Debye
Field of work
physical chemistry
Image
Onsager 1968.jpg
Residence
Oslo
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Lars Onsager
member of
American Physical Society
date of birth
1903-11-27
date of death
1976-10-05
Erdős number
3
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
ethnic group
Norwegians
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Encyclopedic overview

Lars Onsager (27 November 1903 – 5 October 1976) was a Norwegian American physical chemist and theoretical physicist. He held the Gibbs Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1968.

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