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[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1968/index.html Nobel laureate] in chemistry in 1968 for | [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1968/index.html Nobel laureate] in chemistry in 1968 for | ||
"for the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes". | "for the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes". | ||
He is | Β | ||
He is renown for his solution of the [[Ising_Models#2-dimensional_Ising_model|two-dimensional Ising model]], a mathematical tour de force which made clear the nature of [[phase transitions]]. (The fact that the two-dimensional Ising model | |||
must have a phase transition was advanced by an argument by [[Rudolph Peierls]]). | must have a phase transition was advanced by an argument by [[Rudolph Peierls]]). | ||
See also: | |||
*[[Onsager theory | Onsager theory of the isotropic-nematic transition]] | *[[Onsager theory | Onsager theory of the isotropic-nematic transition]] | ||
*[[Onsager reciprocal relations]] | *[[Onsager reciprocal relations]] | ||