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Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debye
1884 – 1966
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryPeter Joseph William Debye was a Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
March 24, 1884
Maastricht
Date of death
November 2, 1966
Ithaca
Citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands · United States
Occupations & fields
chemistphysicisttheoretical physicistscientistengineercrystallographer
Awards & honours
Faraday Lectureship PrizeNobel Prize in ChemistryMax Planck MedalWillard Gibbs AwardFranklin MedalRumford Medal
Notable works
Debye lengthDebye–Hückel equation
- Field and occupation
- chemik z Holandské kráľovstvo
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