Joseph Edward Mayer
Joseph Edward Mayer (February 5, 1904 – October 15, 1983) was an American chemist who formulated the Mayer expansion in statistical field theory.
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| Born | May 2, 1904 New York City, USA |
| Died | 15 October 1983 (aged 79) |
| Known for | Mayer expansion Mayer f-function Born–Mayer equation McMillan–Mayer theory |
| Awards | Peter Debye Award (1967) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University University of California, San Diego University of Chicago |
He was professor of chemistry at the University of California San Diego from 1960 to 1972, and previously at Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University and the University of Chicago. He was married to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer from 1930 until her death in 1972. He went to work with James Franck in Göttingen, Germany in 1929, where he met Maria, a student of Max Born. He was a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences (1946), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1958), and the American Philosophical Society (1970). Joseph Mayer was president of the American Physical Society from 1973 to 1975.