1929 ⟶ Lars Onsager Formulates Reciprocal Relations in Thermodynamics

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⚛️ Josiah Willard Gibbs Formulates Chemical Thermodynamics and the Phase Rule

Josiah Willard Gibbs founded chemical thermodynamics, the phase rule.⟶
Josiah Willard Gibbs Formulates Chemical Thermodynamics and the Phase Rule (1876)
ThermodynamicsChemistryPhysical ChemistryScientific RevolutionGlobal ImpactPhysics
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⚛️ Walther Nernst Formulates the Third Law of Thermodynamics

Walther Nernst: Third law of thermodynamics⟶
Walther Nernst Formulates the Third Law of Thermodynamics (1906)
PhysicsThermodynamicsChemistryPhysical ChemistryGerman Science
GermanyGermany

⚛️ Lars Onsager Formulates Reciprocal Relations in Thermodynamics

Lars Onsager's reciprocal relations, a potential fourth law of thermodynamics⟶
Lars Onsager Formulates Reciprocal Relations in Thermodynamics (1929)
PhysicsThermodynamicsTheoretical Physics20th Century ScienceNobel PrizePhysical Chemistry
NorwayNorwayUnited StatesUnited States

⚛️ Isidor Rabi Develops Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Isidor Rabi: Nuclear magnetic resonance⟶
Isidor Rabi Develops Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1938)
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⚛️ Wu's Experiment Reveals Parity Violation in Weak Interactions

Chien Shiung Wu: demonstrated that parity, and thus charge conjugation and time-reversals, are violated for weak interactions⟶
Wu's Experiment Reveals Parity Violation in Weak Interactions (1957)
PhysicsParticle PhysicsExperimental PhysicsQuantum Mechanics20th Century Science
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⚛️ Gell-Mann and Zweig Propose Quarks

Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig: postulates quarks, leading to the standard model⟶
Gell-Mann and Zweig Propose Quarks (1964)
PhysicsParticle PhysicsStandard ModelTheoretical Physics
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