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n. - United States chemist (born in Norway) noted for his work in thermodynamics (1903-1976).

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  • Onsager is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and The New York Academy of Sciences, a member of The American Chemical Society, The
  • Onsager: yesss! for me, if not For Physics as a Hole …
  • Instead it turned out that Onsager was far ahead of his time.
  • (But there were several Onsager fans, and the Dirac papers ….)
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