John Gamble Kirkwood
John Gamble Kirkwood | |
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| Born | May 30, 1907 |
| Died | August 9, 1959 (aged 52) |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Chicago |
| Known for | Kirkwood approximation Kirkwood–Buff solution theory BBGKY hierarchy Wood-Kirkwood detonation theory |
| Awards | Irving Langmuir Award (1936) ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1936) |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral students | Herbert H. Uhlig Robert Zwanzig |
John "Jack" Gamble Kirkwood (May 30, 1907, Gotebo, Oklahoma – August 9, 1959, New Haven, Connecticut) was a noted chemist and physicist, holding faculty positions at Cornell University, the University of Chicago, California Institute of Technology, and Yale University.