3 quotes by Lars Onsager (1903-1976), Norwegian, American (Scientist)

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Estimates of the ionic mobilities vary over a considerable range; but in any event, the positive ionic defect is much more mobile in the solid than in the liquid, and its mobility varies very little with the temperature.

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I have received the greatest honor in my life - and the greatest surprise. Never did I dream that the Nobel Prize could be awarded for the reciprocal relations.

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Lars Onsager

Born: November 27, 1903
Died: October 5, 1976
Nationality: Norwegian, American
Profession: Scientist

Biography

Lars Onsager was a Norwegian-born American physical chemist and theoretical physicist. He held the Gibbs Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1968.

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