Walter Kauzmann

Walter Kauzmann

Walter Kauzmann is an American chemist and professor emeritus of Princeton University.

He developed the Kauzmann paradox in thermodynamics.

In the 1940s, Kauzmann was a participant in the Manhattan Project developing the atomic bomb. [Jon Blackwell, "Brain power into nuclear power", The Trentonian, reprinted here [http://www.capitalcentury.com/1944.html] ]

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