Lars Onsager

Lars Onsager
Lars Onsager
	Lars Onsager
Born	November 27, 1903; Kristiania (Oslo), Norway
Died	October 5, 1976 (aged 72); Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Yale University; Norwegian University of Science and Technology;
Known for	Quantum vortex; Negative temperature; Onsager–Machlup function; Onsager reaction field; Onsager hard rod model; Onsager regression hypothesis; Debye–Hückel–Onsager equation; Onsager reciprocal relations; Square lattice Ising model; Revealing the physics behind the De Haas–van Alphen effect and the Wien effect;
Awards	Lorentz Medal (1958); Willard Gibbs Award (1962); Peter Debye Award (1965); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1968); National Medal of Science (1968); ForMemRS (1975);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physical chemist
Institutions	ETH Zürich; Johns Hopkins University; Brown University; Yale University; University of Miami;
Thesis	Solutions of the Mathieu Equation of Period 4π and Certain Related Functions (1935)
Doctoral students	Joseph L. McCauley

Lars Onsager (November 27, 1903 – October 5, 1976) was an 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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