Frank L. Lambert
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Frank L. Lambert (July 10, 1918 – December 28, 2018) was an American academic who was Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College, Los Angeles. He is known for his advocacy of changing the definition of thermodynamic entropy as "disorder" in US general chemistry texts to its replacement by viewing entropy as a measure of energy dispersal. He died in December 2018 at the age of 100.[1]
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Frank L. Lambert | |
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Born | (1918-07-10)July 10, 1918 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Died | December 28, 2018(2018-12-28) (aged 100) La Verne, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University University of Chicago |
Known for | Advocacy for teaching of entropy as energy dispersal |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | Occidental College Getty Conservation Institute |
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