Awards & Winners

John W. Cahn

Date of Birth 09-January-1928
Place of Birth Cologne
(Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as John Cahn
Profession Scientist
John Werner Cahn is an American scientist and winner of the 1998 National Medal of Science. He was a professor in the department of Materials Science at MIT from 1964 to 1978. Since 1977, he has held a position at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Dr. Cahn has had a profound influence on the course of materials and mathematics research during his career. One of foremost authorities on thermodynamics, Cahn has applied the basic laws of thermodynamics to describe and predict a wide range of physical phenomena.

Awards by John W. Cahn

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1998


National Medal of Science for Chemistry
(For his pioneering work on thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transitions and diffusion, on interfacial phenomena, and for his contributions to the understanding of periodic and quasi-periodic structures.)