Johannes Jacobus Van Laar Unappreciated Scientist

Jaime Wisniak

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00897000429a

Johannes Jacobus Van Laar Unappreciated Scientist

Jaime Wisniak

Department of Chemical Engineering

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Abstract

Van Laar’s academic and research career was adversely affected by psychological traumas he experienced during his youth. Loss of his parents at a young age, submission to a hard discipline, and lack of a formal university education made van Laar emotionally unstable and gave him many enemies, among them van der Waals. Still, Van Laar’s scientific achievements have resulted in the transformation of mathematical chemistry into the independent subjects known today as chemical thermodynamics and theory of phase equilibria. Discussed here as well is Van Laar’s theory of solutions using the state of thermodynamics at his time and modern thermodynamic concepts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	335-339
Number of pages	5
Journal	The Chemical Educator
Volume	5
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00897000429a
State	Published - Dec 2000

Keywords

Phase Equilibrium
Research Career
Scientific Achievement
Chemical Thermodynamic
psychological trauma

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