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Lars Onsager
| Full Name of the recipient | Lars Onsager |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| Year of Award | 1968 |
| Share in Award | 100.0% |
| Award Shared with | |
| Motivation for the Award | for the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes |
| Affiliation at the Time of Award | Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
| Place of Birth | Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway NOR |
| Date of Birth | 27 November 1903 |
| Age at the time of Award | 64 years |
| Place of Death | Coral Gables, FL, United States USA |
| Date of Death | 5 October 1976 |
