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
AwardsPeter Debye Award (1967)
Scientific career
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University
University of California, San Diego
University of Chicago

Joseph Edward Mayer (February 5, 1904, New York City – October 15, 1983) was a 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

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

See also

References

  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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