Benjamin Widom (born 13 October 1927) is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University . His research interests include physical chemistry and statistical mechanics . In 1998, Widom was awarded the Boltzmann Medal "for his illuminating studies of the statistical mechanics of fluids and fluid mixtures and their interfacial properties, especially his clear and general formulation of scaling hypotheses for the equation of state and surface tensions of fluids near critical points."
4-565: Widom may refer to: Benjamin Widom (born 1927), chemist Harold Widom (born 1932–2021), mathematician, brother of Benjamin Jennifer Widom , computer scientist Todd Widom (born 1983), tennis player See also [ edit ] Tracy–Widom distribution , in statistics Widom insertion method , in thermodynamics Widom scaling , hypothesis in statistical mechanics Topics referred to by
8-560: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Benjamin Widom Widom's professional papers are archived at Cornell University. Widom was born in Newark, New Jersey . He graduated from New York City 's Stuyvesant High School in 1945, and received his BA from Columbia University in 1949, followed by his PhD from Cornell in 1953. He became an instructor of chemistry at Cornell in 1954,
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16-566: Was appointed assistant professor in 1955 and a full professor in 1963. He was chair of the chemistry department between 1978 and 1981. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1974 and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979. Widom is father to Michael Widom, a professor of physics at Carnegie Mellon University, Elizabeth Widom, a professor of geology at Miami University, and Jonathan Widom,
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