Wilhelm Ostwald

Also known as Wilhelm Friedrich Ostwald

Baltic German chemist (1853–1932)

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Wilhelm Ostwald was a Baltic German chemist who lived from 1853 to 1932 and made important contributions to the field of physical chemistry. His work helped establish physical chemistry as a distinct scientific discipline and earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909.

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Born: 1853
Died: 1932
Works: 179

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SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
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Many-body physics with ultracold gases
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Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
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Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials

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Wilhelm Friedrich Ostwald ( German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈɔstvalt] ; 2 September [O.S. 21 August] 1853 – 4 April 1932) was a Baltic German chemist and philosopher. Ostwald is credited with being one of the founders of the field of physical chemistry, with Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Walther Nernst and Svante Arrhenius. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his scientific contributions to the fields of catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction velocities.

Following his 1906 retirement from academic life, Ostwald became much involved in philosophy, art, and politics. He made significant contributions to each of these fields. He has been described as a polymath.