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'''Josiah Willard Gibbs, Jr.''' (February 11, 1839 – April 28, 1903) was an American physicist and mathemetician. | '''Josiah Willard Gibbs, Jr.''' (February 11, 1839 – April 28, 1903) was an American physicist and mathemetician. | ||
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*{{citation | last = Gibbs | first = J. W. | authorlink = J. Willard Gibbs | title = A Method of Geometrical Representation of the Thermodynamic Properties of Substances by Means of Surfaces | journal = Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. | year = 1873 | volume = 2 | pages = 382–404}}. | *{{citation | last = Gibbs | first = J. W. | authorlink = J. Willard Gibbs | title = A Method of Geometrical Representation of the Thermodynamic Properties of Substances by Means of Surfaces | journal = Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. | year = 1873 | volume = 2 | pages = 382–404}}. | ||
*{{citation | last = Gibbs | first = J. W. | authorlink = J. Willard Gibbs | title = On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances | journal = Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. | year = 1876 | volume = 3 | pages = 108–248}}; {{citation | journal = Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. | year = 1878 | volume = 3 | pages = 343–524}}. | *{{citation | last = Gibbs | first = J. W. | authorlink = J. Willard Gibbs | title = On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances | journal = Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. | year = 1876 | volume = 3 | pages = 108–248}}; {{citation | journal = Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. | year = 1878 | volume = 3 | pages = 343–524}}. | ||
| + | *{{citation | last = Gibbs | first = J. Willard | authorlink = J. Willard Gibbs | title = Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics | location = New York | publisher = Charles Scribner | year = 1902}}. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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*[http://www.nndb.com/people/744/000161261/ Biography] at NNDB | *[http://www.nndb.com/people/744/000161261/ Biography] at NNDB | ||
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| + | | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American physicist | ||
| + | | DATE OF BIRTH = 1839-02-11 | ||
| + | | PLACE OF BIRTH = New Haven, Connecticut, USA | ||
| + | | DATE OF DEATH = 1903-04-28 | ||
| + | | PLACE OF DEATH = New Haven, Connecticut, USA | ||
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[[Category:American physicists]] | [[Category:American physicists]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:17, 27 March 2011
| J. Willard Gibbs | |
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| Born | February 11, 1839 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.
Notes and references
Notes
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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See also the corresponding article on Wikipedia. |
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