Background
REISS, Howard was born on April 5, 1922 in New York, United States. Son of Isidor Reiss and Jean Goldstein.
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Methods of Thermodynamics (Dover Books on Physics)
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Since there is no shortage of excellent general books on elementary thermodynamics, this book takes a different approach, focusing attention on the problem areas of understanding of concept and especially on the overwhelming but usually hidden role of "constraints" in thermodynamics, as well as on the lucid exposition of the significance, construction, and use (in the case of arbitrary systems) of the thermodynamic potential. It will be especially useful as an auxiliary text to be used along with any standard treatment. Unlike some texts, Methods of Thermodynamics does not use statistical mechanics as a crutch to explain the subject. In the author's view, the student should learn to use the method of themodynamics in all its power, applying it to any problem it may help solve. As the author states: "In view of the high level of confidence which we place in thermodynamics, what is known thermodynamically is often considered to be known once and for all…by restricting oneself initially to purely thermodynamic arguments, one can know what he does know before entering domains where conclusions are less certain." Major chapter headings in this volume include: mathematical apparatus, the first law of thermodynamics, the second law and entropy, ideal substances, some useful formulas, internal equilibrium, and the extremal properties of the entropy, thermodynamic potentials, phase equilibria in simple systems, osmotic systems, systems which may perform surface work, systems in gravitational and centrifugal fields, elastic systems, stability, and third law. 1965 edition.
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Other Work
- Author: Methods of Thermodynamics, 1965, republished, 1996. Author articles. Editor in field.Editor: Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 1962-1971, Journal Statistical Physics, 1968-1975, Journal Colloid Interface Sci. Member editorial advisory board International Journal Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 1955, Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 1962-1973, Journal Solid State Chemistry, 1969, Journal Physical Chemistry, 1970-1973, Encyclopedia of Solid State, 1970, Journal Nonmetals, since 1971, Journal Colloid and Interface Science, 1976-1979, Langmuir, since 1985.
Howard Reiss
Howard REISS, American professor of chemistry. several awards and distinctions. tech, staff, Central Research Laboratory Celanese Corporation of America 1951-1952, Bell Telephone Laboratories 1952-1960; N.A.S.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, New York University, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Columbia University, 1949.
Career
With Manhattan Project, 1944-1946. Instructor, then assistant professor chemistry Boston University, 1949-1951. With Central Research Laboratory, Celanese Corporation American, 1951-1952, Edgar C. Bain Laboratory Fundamental Research, United States Steel Corporation, 1957, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1952-1960.
Associate director, then director research division Atomics International, division North America Aviation, Inc., 1960-1962. Director North America Aviation Science Center, 1962-1967, vice president company, 1963-1967. Vice president research aerospace systems group North America Rockwell Corporation, 1967-1968.
Visiting lecturer chemistry University California at Berkeley, summer 1957. Visiting professor chemistry University of California at Los Angeles, 1961, 62, 64, 67, professor, 1968-1991, professor emeritus, 1991—2003, distinguished professor emeritus, since 2003. Visiting professor University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 1986, University Pennsylvania, 1989.
Visiting fellow Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, 1989. Visiting fellow Princeton (New Jersey) Materials Institute, 1996. Visiting science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1998.
Consultant to chemical-physics program United States Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, 1950-1952. Chairman editor Proceedings International Conference Nucleation and Interfacial Phenomena, Boston. Member United States Air Force Office Science Research Physics and Chemistry Research Evaluation Groups, since 1966, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Reactor Chemistry Advisory Committee, 1966-1968.
Advisory committee mathematics and physical science National Science Foundation, 1970-1972, ARPA Materials Research Council, since 1968. Chairman site review committee National Research Council Associateships Program, Naval Research Laboratory, 1989.
Works
book
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Methods of Thermodynamics (Dover Books on Physics)
( Since there is no shortage of excellent general books o...)
- Methods of Thermodynamics (Dover Books on Physics) by Howard Reiss (1997) Paperback
- Progress in Solid State Chemistry (Volume 2)
- Progress in Solid State Chemistry (Volume 3)
- Progress in Solid State Chemistry Volume 5
- Progress in Solid-State Chemistry Volume I.
- Progress in Solid-State Chemistry Volume II
- [ [ [ Methods of Thermodynamics[ METHODS OF THERMODYNAMICS ] By Reiss, Howard ( Author )Jan-15-1997 Paperback
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Methods of Thermodynamics (Dover Books on Physics)
Other Work
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Author: Methods of Thermodynamics, 1965, republished, 1996. Author articles. Editor in field.Editor: Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 1962-1971, Journal Statistical Physics, 1968-1975, Journal Colloid Interface Sci. Member editorial advisory board International Journal Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 1955, Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 1962-1973, Journal Solid State Chemistry, 1969, Journal Physical Chemistry, 1970-1973, Encyclopedia of Solid State, 1970, Journal Nonmetals, since 1971, Journal Colloid and Interface Science, 1976-1979, Langmuir, since 1985.
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Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (executive committee division chemical physics 1966-1969). Member National Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society (chairman physical chemistry section New Jersey section 1957, Richard C. Tolman medal 1973, Kendall award in colloid and surface chemistry 1980, J.H. Hildebrand award in theoretical and experimental physical chemistry of liquids 1991, Van Arkel honorary chair in chemistry University Leiden, The Netherlands, 1994), American Association for Aerosol Research (David Sinclair award 1997), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Interests
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Reading, carpentering, sports.
Connections
Married Phyllis Kohn, July 25, 1945. Children: Gloria, Steven.
- Father:
- Isidor Reiss
- Mother:
- Jean (Goldstein) Reiss
- Spouse:
- Phyllis Kohn
- child:
- Gloria Reiss
- child:
- Steven Reiss
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Born
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Guggenheim Memorial fellow, 1978. Howard Reiss chair in chemistry and biochemistry established named in his honor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1999.Guggenheim Memorial fellow, 1978. Howard Reiss chair in chemistry and biochemistry established named in his honor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1999.