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van der Waals equation

(Encyclopedia)van der Waals equation: see gas laws. ...

van der Waals forces

(Encyclopedia)van der Waals forces: see intermolecular forces. ...

Livingston, Peter Van Brugh

(Encyclopedia)Livingston, Peter Van Brugh: see under Livingston, family. ...

Meer, Jan van der

(Encyclopedia)Meer, Jan or Johannes van der: see Vermeer, Jan. ...

Faes, Pieter van der

(Encyclopedia)Faes, Pieter van der: see Lely, Sir Peter. ...

Van Dine, S. S.

(Encyclopedia)Van Dine, S. S.: see Wright, Willard Huntington. ...

van der Waals, Johannes Diderik

(Encyclopedia)van der Waals, Johannes Diderik yōhäˈnəs dēˈdərĭk vän dər väls [key], 1837–1923, Dutch physicist. It had been known for some time that the behavior of real gases differs from that of an i...

Morphy, Paul Charles

(Encyclopedia)Morphy, Paul Charles môrˈfē [key], 1837–84, American chess player, b. New Orleans. At 10 he learned the game and at 21 was acknowledged as the greatest player in the world. Not only was Morphy po...

Newman, Paul

(Encyclopedia)Newman, Paul, 1925–2008, American actor, b. Cleveland, Ohio. After performing in a Broadway play (1952–53) and in television dramas, Newman became a versatile film actor and a major Hollywood star...

Greengard, Paul

(Encyclopedia)Greengard, Paul, 1925–2019, American neuroscientist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1953. Greengard was on the staff at Geigy Research Laboratories (1959–67) and a professor at the Albert ...