# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-widom
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:18:31.596Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-widom"
name: "Benjamin Widom"
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description: "Benjamin Widom was an American physical chemist. He was the Goldwin Smith Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University. His research interests included physical chemistry and statistical mechanics. In 1998, Widom was awarded the Boltzmann Medal \"for his illuminating studies of the statistical mechanics of fluids and fluid mixtures and their interfacial properties, especially his clear and general formulation of scaling hypotheses for the equation of state and surface tensions of fluids near critical points.\""
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birthDate: "1927-10-13"
deathDate: "2025-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump