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Frank L. Lambert

Frank L. Lambert, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College (died 2018)

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Born
July 10, 1918
Died
December 28, 2018
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1918

About Frank L. Lambert

Frank L. Lambert 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. Lambert is known for his work on the energy dispersal model of entropy, publishing articles in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Chemical Education. After retiring from teaching in 1981, Lambert as a Professor emeritus, became the scientific advisor to the J. Lambert graduated with honors from Harvard University with an AB, and received his doctorate (PhD) from the University of Chicago.

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The world when Frank L. Lambert was born

Frank L. Lambert was born in 1918. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1918

  • Best-selling book"The U.P. Trail" – Zane Grey

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentWorld Series played in September due to WWI
  • Top headlineWorld War I ends — Spanish Flu pandemic begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst regular airmail service
  • World population~1.78B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population102.0M

1918 versus 2026

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Measure19182026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population102.0M341 million

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