荷兰物理学家。1837年11月23日生于莱顿;1923年3月9日卒于阿姆斯特丹。范德瓦耳斯虽于1862年进入莱顿大学,但他主要靠自学。他在1872年写的关于气相和液相本质的博士论文引起了广泛注意,并为他一生的研究定下了基调。1877年,他被任命为阿姆斯特丹大学物理学教授,在那里干了三十年才退休。 Dutch physicist. Born on November 23, 1837 in Leiden; March 9, 1923 Died in Amsterdam. Van der Waals entered Leiden University in 1862, but he mainly relied on himself. His doctoral thesis on the nature of gas and liquid phases, which he wrote in 1872, attracted much attention and set the tone for the study of his life. In 1877 he was appointed professor of physics at the University of Amsterdam, where he spent thirty years before retiring.