John Shipley Rowlinson

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John Shipley Rowlinson

Sir John Shipley Rowlinson (born May 12, 1926 in Handforth near Manchester , † August 15, 2018 ) was a British chemist and historian of science .

Live and act

Rowlinson attended Rossall School in Fleetwood . At Trinity College of the University of Oxford , he graduated with a Bachelor in Chemistry (BA 1947, B.Sc. 1948). At JD Lambert he did his PhD with a thesis on energy transfer between gaseous molecules during ultrasonic nebulization . As a postdoctoral fellow , he worked at the Naval Research Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin before he went as a research assistant to the University of Manchester , where he later worked as a lecturer (1954 Lecturer , 1957 Senior Lecturer ).

In 1961 Rowlinson received a professorship in chemical technology at Imperial College London . In 1974 he moved to the University of Oxford as a professor of chemistry . In 1976 Rowlins was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Engineering . Rowlinson made important contributions to thermodynamics , especially to the understanding of the physical chemistry of gas-liquid contacts and surfaces ( surface chemistry ).

Rowlinson retired in 1993, but remained a Fellow at Exeter College, Oxford University. After his retirement he dealt more and more with the history of science , in particular with Johannes Diderik van der Waals and intermolecular forces . From 1994 to 1999 Rowlinson served as the Physical Sciences Secretary on the Board of the Royal Society .

Awards (selection)

Fonts (selection)

  • Liquids and Liquid Mixtures. (1959, 2nd edition 1969, 3rd edition 1982)
  • The perfect gas. (1963)
  • The Physics of Simple Liquids. (1968) With HNV Temperley and GS Rushbrooke.
  • Thermodynamics for Chemical Engineers. (1975) With KE Bett and G. Saville.
  • Molecular Theory of Capillarity. (1982, reprint 2003) With B. Widom .
  • JD van der Waals: On the Continuity of the Gaseous and Liquid States. (1988)
  • Van der Waals and Molecular Science. (1996) With A. Ya. Kipnis and BE Yavelov.
  • Cohesion: A Scientific History of Intermolecular Forces. (2002)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Emeritus Fellow Sir John Rowlinson dies aged 92 , accessed August 16, 2018
  2. ^ History of the Academy at the Royal Academy of Engineering (raeng.org.uk); Retrieved May 10, 2013
  3. ^ Officers of the Royal Society (royalsociety.org); Retrieved May 10, 2013
  4. ^ Fellows of the Royal Society (royalsociety.org); Retrieved May 10, 2013
  5. ^ Faraday Lectureship Winners at the Royal Society of Chemistry (rsc.org); Retrieved May 10, 2013
  6. ^ Leverhulme Medal at the Royal Society (royalsociety.org); Retrieved May 10, 2013
  7. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present (PDF, 356 kB) of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org); Retrieved May 10, 2013
  8. ^ Knights Bachelor , BBC report , June 16, 2000
personal data
SURNAME Rowlinson, John Shipley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rowlinson, John S .; Rowlinson, John; Shipley Rowlinson, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British chemist and historian of science
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Handforth near Manchester
DATE OF DEATH 15th August 2018