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William Giauque

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William Giauque

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Also known as William Francis Giauque

American chemist (1895-1982)

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William Cannon Giauque (1895–1982) was an American and Canadian chemist and engineer whose field of work was physical chemistry. Born in Niagara Falls, he was educated at and employed by the University of California, Berkeley, where he died in 1982. His doctoral student included Theodore H. Geballe.

Giauque received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Elliott Cresson Medal, and the Willard Gibbs Award. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Physical Society, and the National Academy of Sciences. He spoke English.

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Works
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Top works

  • Organizational decision making
  • Application of multidimensional utility theory in determining optimal test-treatment strategies for streptococcal sore throat and rheumatic fever

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

    · 1996 · cited 62,950x

  2. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

    · 1976 · cited 44,827x

  3. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

    · 1983 · cited 39,551x

  4. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

    · 2010 · cited 30,946x

  5. Preparation of Graphitic Oxide

    · 1958 · cited 28,681x

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1949

    “for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics, particularly concerning the behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
William
Gender
male
Citizenship
Canada
Place of birth
Niagara Falls
Place of death
Berkeley
Occupation
engineer
Educated at
University of California, Berkeley
Employer
University of California, Berkeley
Languages spoken
English language
Award
Willard Gibbs Award
Field of work
physical chemistry
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date of birth
1895-05-12
date of death
1982-03-28
member of
National Academy of Sciences
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Encyclopedic overview

William Francis Giauque (/dʒiˈoʊk/; May 12, 1895 – March 28, 1982) was a Canadian-born American chemist and Nobel laureate. He was recognized in 1949, for his studies in the properties of matter, at temperatures close to absolute zero. He spent virtually all of his educational and professional career at the University of California, Berkeley.

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