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Joseph Edward Mayer

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Joseph Edward Mayer'
Born(1904-05-02)May 2, 1904
New York City, USA
Died15 October 1983(1983-10-15) (aged 79)
Known forMayer expansion
Mayer f-function
Born–Mayer equation
McMillan–Mayer theory
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(m. 1930; dead 1972)​
AwardsPeter Debye Award (1967)
Scientific career
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University
University of California, San Diego
University of Chicago

Joseph Edward Mayer (February 5, 1904 – October 15, 1983) was an American chemist who formulated the Mayer expansion in statistical field theory.[1]

He was professor of chemistry at the University of California, San Diego from 1960 to 1972, and previously at Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University and the University of Chicago.[2] He was married to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer from 1930 until her death in 1972. He went to work with James Franck in Göttingen, Germany, in 1929, where he met Maria, a student of Max Born. He was a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences (1946),[3] the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1958),[4] and the American Philosophical Society (1970).[5] Joseph Mayer was president of the American Physical Society from 1973 to 1975.

Scientific contributions

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He developed the cluster expansion method and Mayer-McMillan solution theory.

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References

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  1. ^ Montroll, Elliott W.; Raveché, Harold J.; Devore, Jerald A. (April 1984). "Obituary: Joseph E. Mayer". Physics Today. 37 (4): 98–100. doi:10.1063/1.2916215. S2CID 177139020.
  2. ^ Zimm, Bruno H. (1994). "10. Joseph Edward Mayer". Biographical Memoirs. Vol. 65. National Academy of Sciences. pp. 211–220. doi:10.17226/4548. ISBN 978-0-309-07359-2. OCLC 45729927. A .pdf version of this memoir is available at "Joseph Edward Mayer" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Joseph E. Mayer". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  4. ^ "Joseph Edward Mayer". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  5. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-09-09.

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