In 1910, Johannes Diderik van der Waals won the Physics Noble Prize.
Date of Birth: 23 November 1837.
Died: 8 March 1923.
Nationality: Dutch.
Education: University of Leiden.
Known as: Laying the foundations for modern molecular physics (molecular theory), Originating modern theory of intermolecular forces, Law of corresponding states, Real gas law, Van der Waals forces, Van der Waals equation of state, Van der Waals radius, Van der Waals surface, Van der Waals molecule.
Awards: Nobel Prize for Physics (1910).
Fields: Theoretical physics, thermodynamics.
