J. Willard Gibbs

J. Willard Gibbs
Born	February 11, 1839(1839-02-11) New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Died	April 28, 1903 (aged 64) New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Resting place	Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Yale University, USA
Known for	Gibbs energy

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

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.

External links

• Biography from MacTutor
• Biography from the American Institute of Physics
• Biography at NNDB