1. Innovative Library /All Locations Gibbs Henry, 1967, 1. gibbs j willard Josiah Willard 1839 1903, 1961, 1.(Previous Page) (Next Page) (Extended Display) (Start Over) (Another Search) http://www.iii.com:90/kids/1899,1901/search/aGibbs & Hill./agibbs and hill/-5,-1

2. J. Willard Gibbs Dr. J. willard gibbs Josiah willard gibbs (1839 1903) has been reckoned as one of the greatest American scientists of the 19th century. He provided a sound thermodynamic foundation to much of Physical Chemistry. http://jwgibbs.cchem.berkeley.edu/jwgibbs_bio.html

Dr. J. Willard Gibbs Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839 - 1903) has been reckoned as one of the greatest American scientists of the 19th century. He provided a sound thermodynamic foundation to much of Physical Chemistry. "Gibbs' Phase Rule" is well known to all in the field today. Yale educated, he was awarded the first Doctor of Engineering in the U.S., and was appointed Professor of Mathematical Physics at Yale in 1871. In 1873 he published his first major works, "Graphical Methods in the Thermodynamics of Fluids," and "A Method of Geometrical Representation of the Thermodynamic Properties of Substances by Means of Surfaces". In 1876 came his most famous paper: "On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances."

3. No. 119: J. Willard Gibbs J. willard gibbs's life may have been wrapped in plain gray faculty meetings,committees, classes a quiet professor doing obscure things. http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi119.htm

No. 119: J. WILLARD GIBBS by John H. Lienhard Click here for audio of Episode 119. Today we meet the greatest scientist America has produced. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. H istorians don't like superlatives. It's too easy to be wrong when you use words like first and best. Yet I shall introduce you to the greatest American scientist, and he's someone you may never even have heard of. His name is Josiah Willard Gibbs Gibbs was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1839. He lived his entire life in the same house and died there in 1903. He was the seventh in an unbroken line of American academics stretching all the way back to the 17th century. His father was a noted professor of linguistics at Yale. And what did Gibbs do? Well, he created the entire subject of chemical thermodynamics. He wrote vector analysis. He invented statistical mechanics and developed it as far as it would go before quantum mechanics could take it further. Other great scientists contribute to fields. Gibbs created three entire fields pulled them out of his empyrean mind and gave them life. He did nothing to invite fame hardly traveled, didn't collaborate, never married, and published most of his stuff in the obscure

4. Gibbs J willard gibbs' father, also called Josiah willard gibbs, was professorof sacred literature at Yale University. In fact the gibbs http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Gibbs.html

Josiah Willard Gibbs Born: 11 Feb 1839 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA Died: 28 April 1903 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA Click the picture above to see three larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index J Willard Gibbs ' father, also called Josiah Willard Gibbs, was professor of sacred literature at Yale University. In fact the Gibbs family originated in Warwickshire, England and moved from there to Boston in 1658. However Gibbs is said to have taken after his mother in physical appearance. Gibbs was educated at the local Hopkins Grammar School where he was described as friendly but withdrawn. His total commitment to academic work together with rather delicate health meant that he was little involved with the social life of the school. In 1854 he entered Yale College where he won prizes for excellence in Latin and Mathematics. Remaining at Yale, Gibbs began to undertake research in engineering, writing a thesis in which he used geometrical methods to study the design of gears. When he was awarded a doctorate from Yale in 1863 it was the first doctorate of engineering to be conferred in the United States. After this he served as a tutor at Yale for three years, teaching Latin for the first two years and then Natural Philosophy in the third year. He was not short of money however since his father had died in 1861 and, since his mother had also died, Gibbs and his two sisters inherited a fair amount of money.

5. A Concise History Of Thermodynamics An overview of the history/evolution of thermodynamics. This is an excerpt from a biography of J. willard gibbs. The overview is available from the site in MS Word or pdf/Acrobat format. http://www.tir.com/~ciricola

6. Gibbs Founder of thermodynamics is profiled by this science resource. Read about his publications and research, or scan the list of references. J willard gibbs' father, also called Josiah willard gibbs, was professor of sacred literature at Yale University. http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Gibbs.html

Josiah Willard Gibbs Born: 11 Feb 1839 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA Died: 28 April 1903 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA Click the picture above to see three larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index J Willard Gibbs ' father, also called Josiah Willard Gibbs, was professor of sacred literature at Yale University. In fact the Gibbs family originated in Warwickshire, England and moved from there to Boston in 1658. However Gibbs is said to have taken after his mother in physical appearance. Gibbs was educated at the local Hopkins Grammar School where he was described as friendly but withdrawn. His total commitment to academic work together with rather delicate health meant that he was little involved with the social life of the school. In 1854 he entered Yale College where he won prizes for excellence in Latin and Mathematics. Remaining at Yale, Gibbs began to undertake research in engineering, writing a thesis in which he used geometrical methods to study the design of gears. When he was awarded a doctorate from Yale in 1863 it was the first doctorate of engineering to be conferred in the United States. After this he served as a tutor at Yale for three years, teaching Latin for the first two years and then Natural Philosophy in the third year. He was not short of money however since his father had died in 1861 and, since his mother had also died, Gibbs and his two sisters inherited a fair amount of money.

7. References For Gibbs References for J willard gibbs. FG Donnan and AE Haas (eds.), A Commentaryon the Scientific Writings of J willard gibbs (1936). http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/References/Gibbs.html

References for J Willard Gibbs Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica. Books: H A Bumstead, Josiah Willard Gibbs, American Journal of Science (4) (XVI) (September 1903). J G Crowther, Famous American Men of Science F G Donnan and A E Haas (eds.), A Commentary on the Scientific Writings of J Willard Gibbs W R Longley and R G Van Name (eds.), The Collected Works of J Willard Gibbs M Rukeyser, Willard Gibbs: American Genius (New York, 1942). R Seeger, Men of physics : J. Willard Gibbs, American mathematical physicist par excellence (Oxford, 1974). R J Seeger, J Willard Gibbs: American mathematical physicist par excellence, Men of Physics, Selected Readings in Physics (Oxford-New York-Toronto, Ont., 1974). L P Wheeler, Josiah Willard Gibbs. The History of a Great Mind (New Haven, Conn., 1952). Articles: H A Bumstead and R G Van Name (eds.), The scientific papers of J Willard Gibbs (2 volumes) (New York, 1961), xi-xxvi. R J Deltete, Gibbs and the energeticists

8. Josiah Willard Gibbs J willard gibbs' father, also called Josiah willard gibbs, was professor of sacred literature at Yale University. http://www.shsu.edu/~icc_cmf/bio/gibbs.html

Mathematics is a language. ~ at a Yale faculty meeting Born: February, 11 1839 in New Haven, Connecticut Died: April, 28 1903 in New Haven, Connecticut J Willard Gibbs' father, also called Josiah Willard Gibbs, was professor of sacred literature at Yale University. In fact the Gibbs family originated in Warwickshire, England and moved from there to Boston in 1658. However Gibbs is said to have taken after his mother in physical appearance. Gibbs was educated at the local Hopkins Grammar School where he was described as friendly but withdrawn. His total commitment to academic work together with rather delicate health meant that he was little involved with the social life of the school. In 1854 he entered Yale College where he won prizes for excellence in Latin and Mathematics. Remaining at Yale, Gibbs began to undertake research in engineering, writing a thesis in which he used geometrical methods to study the design of gears. When he was awarded a doctorate from Yale in 1863 it was the first doctorate of engineering to be conferred in the United States. After this he served as a tutor at Yale for three years, teaching Latin for the first two years and then Natural Philosophy in the third year. He was not short of money however since his father had died in 1861 and, since his mother had also died, Gibbs and his two sisters inherited a fair amount of money.

9. Gibbs, Josiah (1839-1903) -- From Eric Weisstein's World Of Scientific Biography gibbs, J. W. and Wilson, E. B. Vector Analysis A TextBook for the use of Studentsof Mathematics and Physics, Founded Upon the Lectures of J. willard gibbs. http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Gibbs.html

Branch of Science Chemists Branch of Science Physicists ... American Gibbs, Josiah (1839-1903) American physicist who formulated a concept of thermodynamic equilibrium of a system in terms of energy and entropy His work, however, was published in a relatively obscure journal. Gibbs' contributions were therefore unknown among prominent European chemists until they were translated into German by Ostwald in 1892 and into French by in 1899. Gibbs reviewed the relationship between the laws of thermodynamics and statistical theory of molecular motions in Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics (1902). He also did extensive work on chemical equilibrium, and equilibria between phases. The overshooting of the original function by partial sums of Fourier series at points of discontinuity is known as the Gibbs phenomenon Additional biographies: MacTutor (St. Andrews) References Gibbs, J. W. Elementary Principles of Statistical Mechanics. Gibbs, J. W. and Wilson, E. B. Vector Analysis: A Text-Book for the use of Students of Mathematics and Physics, Founded Upon the Lectures of J. Willard Gibbs. New York: Dover, 1960.

10. Gibbs' Phase Rule -- From Eric Weisstein's World Of Physics In work on heterogeneous equilibria published in 18751876, J. willard gibbs deriveda simple rule which determines the number of degrees of freedom for a http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/GibbsPhaseRule.html

States of Matter Phase Transitions Thermodynamics Equilibrium ... Rovnyak Gibbs' Phase Rule This entry contributed by David Rovnyak In work on heterogeneous equilibria published in 1875-1876, J. Willard Gibbs derived a simple rule which determines the number of degrees of freedom for a heterogeneous system in equilibrium. The number of degrees of freedom for a system is the number of intensive variables (often taken as the pressure P temperature T , and composition fraction) that may be arbitrarily specified without changing the number of phases If a system in equilibrium contains P phases and C components then the phase rule states that the number of degrees of freedom is given by Note that great care must be taken in correctly determining C , which is the number of chemically independent species. Specifically, attention must be paid to equilibria among chemical species. In particular, consider the following two examples. First, suppose there are two chemicals in a single phase in a system. If they are related by a known equilibrium then this system has 1 component and F = 2. Second, consider a gas phase system (again

11. J.W. Gibbs The Scientific Papers of J. willard gibbs. Dover Publications, Inc. New York, 1961, 434 pp. an unabridged and unaltered http://therion.minpet.unibas.ch/minpet/groups/thermodict/notes/gibbspaper.html

12. Gibbs, Josiah (1839-1903) -- From Eric Weisstein's World Of Scientific Biography Math and science encyclopedia profiles the man who is considered the founder of thermodynamics. Also learn about energy and entropy. http://www.treasure-troves.com/bios/Gibbs.html

Branch of Science Chemists Branch of Science Physicists ... American Gibbs, Josiah (1839-1903) American physicist who formulated a concept of thermodynamic equilibrium of a system in terms of energy and entropy His work, however, was published in a relatively obscure journal. Gibbs' contributions were therefore unknown among prominent European chemists until they were translated into German by Ostwald in 1892 and into French by in 1899. Gibbs reviewed the relationship between the laws of thermodynamics and statistical theory of molecular motions in Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics (1902). He also did extensive work on chemical equilibrium, and equilibria between phases. The overshooting of the original function by partial sums of Fourier series at points of discontinuity is known as the Gibbs phenomenon Additional biographies: MacTutor (St. Andrews) References Gibbs, J. W. Elementary Principles of Statistical Mechanics. Gibbs, J. W. and Wilson, E. B. Vector Analysis: A Text-Book for the use of Students of Mathematics and Physics, Founded Upon the Lectures of J. Willard Gibbs. New York: Dover, 1960.

13. No. 1483: Gibbs And Visualization by John H. Lienhard. Click here for audio of Episode 1484. Today, a glimpse intothe mind of J. willard gibbs. Now meet another Yale student, J. willard gibbs. http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1483.htm

No. 1483: GIBBS AND VISUALIZATION by John H. Lienhard Click here for audio of Episode 1484. Today, a glimpse into the mind of J. Willard Gibbs. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. W hen I spoke at Yale University a while back, I met a blind student doing his doctorate in genetics a field that depends heavily on pictures and patterns. What he and I talked about was visualization. At first that may seem contradictory, but ask yourself: Who does more mental visualization: we sighted people or that student who didn't have the use of his eyes? He was obviously very good at recreating the three-dimensional world around him in his head. I ask you to try an experiment. Close your eyes and walk around your house or apartment, guiding yourself by recollection and mental reconstruction. Either you'll manage to recreate your material world in your mind, or you'll end up hopelessly lost in your own house. Now meet another Yale student

14. J. Willard Gibbs, Pioneer In Statistical Physics J. willard gibbs. gibbs gave the first systematic account of the conceptof thermodynamic phase, and made permanent contributions http://www.mth.kcl.ac.uk/~streater/gibbs.html

J. Willard Gibbs Gibbs gave the first systematic account of the concept of thermodynamic phase, and made permanent contributions to statistical mechanics, and other branches of applied mathematics. Go to MY HOME PAGE for more links.

15. Gibbs, J(osiah) Willard gibbs, J(osiah) willard J. willard gibbs , Feb. 11, 1839, New Haven, Conn., U.S. April 28, 1903, New Haven theoretical physicist and chemist who was one of the greatest scientists in the United States in the 19th century. http://www.tecnun.com/asignaturas/Termo/Gente/Gibbs.htm

Gibbs, J(osiah) Willard J. Willard Gibbs b. , Feb. 11, 1839, New Haven, Conn., U.S. d. April 28, 1903, New Haven theoretical physicist and chemist who was one of the greatest scientists in the United States in the 19th century. His application of thermodynamic theory converted a large part of physical chemistry from an empirical into a deductive science. Gibbs was the fourth child and only son of Josiah Willard Gibbs, Sr., professor of sacred literature at Yale University. There were college presidents among his ancestors and scientific ability in his mother's family. Facially and mentally, Gibbs resembled his mother. He was a friendly youth but was also withdrawn and intellectually absorbed. This circumstance and his delicate health kept him from participating much in student and social life. He was educated at the local Hopkins Grammar School and in 1854 entered Yale, where he won a succession of prizes. After graduating, Gibbs pursued research in engineering. His thesis on the design of gearing was distinguished by the logical rigour with which he employed geometrical methods of analysis. In 1863 Gibbs received the first doctorate of engineering to be conferred in the United States. He was appointed a tutor at Yale in the same year. He devoted some attention to engineering invention.

16. J. Willard Gibbs J. willard gibbs. After publishing his first thermodynamic work "Graphical methods in the thermodynamics of fluids", J. http://www-lmmb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/gibbs.html

J. Willard Gibbs After publishing his first thermodynamic work "Graphical methods in the thermodynamics of fluids", J. Willard Gibbs later created the general thermodynamic theory, which is a strict physical theory applying to the whole real world. A short biography on Gibbs is at Berkeley A longer biogaphy is at the spectacular History of Mathematics archive by John J O'Connor and Edmund F Robertson of the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences University of St Andrews St Andrews, Scotland. There is a a bronze bas-relief of Gibbs at the J. Willard Gibbs Laboratory at Yale. Schneider Lab origin: 1997 November 24 updated: 1998 February 9

17. J. Willard Gibbs J. willard gibbs. After Scotland. There is a a bronze basrelief ofgibbs at the J. willard gibbs Laboratory at Yale. Schneider Lab. http://www-lecb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/gibbs.html

J. Willard Gibbs After publishing his first thermodynamic work "Graphical methods in the thermodynamics of fluids", J. Willard Gibbs later created the general thermodynamic theory, which is a strict physical theory applying to the whole real world. A short biography on Gibbs is at Berkeley A longer biogaphy is at the spectacular History of Mathematics archive by John J O'Connor and Edmund F Robertson of the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences University of St Andrews St Andrews, Scotland. There is a a bronze bas-relief of Gibbs at the J. Willard Gibbs Laboratory at Yale. Schneider Lab origin: 1997 November 24 updated: 1998 February 9

18. Encyclopædia Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica, gibbs, J(osiah) willard Encyclopædia Britannica Article. MLAstyle gibbs, J willard. 2003 Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=37468

19. Encyclopædia Britannica gibbs, J(osiah) willard. J. willard gibbs. theoretical physicist and chemist whowas one of the greatest scientists in the United States in the 19th century. http://www.britannica.com/eb/alpha?seq=25719

20. J. Willard Gibbs A Centenary Symposium The Yale Program in the History of Science and Medicine. Presents. J.willard gibbs A Centenary Symposium. Speakers Ole Knudsen, University http://www.cs.yale.edu/gibbsspeakers.html

The Yale Program in the History of Science and Medicine Presents J. Willard Gibbs A Centenary Symposium Speakers: Ole Knudsen , University of Aarhus, Denmark " Gibbs in Europe " Diana Kormos Buchwald , California Institute of Technology "Who Read Gibbs: Physical Chemistry at the Turn of the Century" Martin Klein , Yale University "Gibbs and Statistical Mechanics a Century Ago" Daniel J. Kevles, Yale University "Engineering and Physics in Gibbs' America" Friday, February 28, 2003 Hall Of Graduate Studies, 320 York Street Room 211 1 p.m.

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