J. Willard Gibbs

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J. Willard Gibbs
Born February 11, 1839(1839-02-11)
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Died April 28, 1903 (aged 64)
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Fields Chemical thrmodynamics
Institutions Yale University
Alma mater Yale University
Known for Gibbs energy

Josiah Willard Gibbs, Jr. (February 11, 1839 – April 28, 1903) was an American physicist and mathemetician.

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References

Selected writings

Much of Gibbs' scientific work is reprinted in The Scientific Papers of J. Willard Gibbs; Bumstead, Henry Andrews; Gibbs van Name, Ralph, Eds.; Longmans, Green: London, 1906, <http://www.archive.org/details/scientificpaper00gibbgoog> (2 vols.)

  • Gibbs, J. W. Graphical Methods in the Thermodynamics of Fluids. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 1873, 2, 309–42.
  • Gibbs, J. W. A Method of Geometrical Representation of the Thermodynamic Properties of Substances by Means of Surfaces. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 1873, 2, 382–404.
  • Gibbs, J. W. On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 1876, 3, 108–248; Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 1878, 3, 343–524.
  • Gibbs, J. Willard Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics; Charles Scribner: New York, 1902.

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