Profession: Physicist/Nobel Laureate
Nationality:
Dutch
Why Famous: For his work on an equation of state for gases and liquids.
Born: November 23, 1837
Birthplace: Leiden, Netherlands
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Married Life
- 1865-09-27 Physicist Johannes van der Waals (27) weds Anna Magdalena Smit (18)
Historical Events
- 1910-12-10 Dutch Physicist Johannes van der Waals wins the Nobel Prize for physics
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