Īfter retiring from teaching in 1981, Lambert as a Professor emeritus, became the scientific advisor to the J. Additionally, his research in the synthesis and polarography of organic halogen compounds was designed for undergraduate collaboration and all but one of his articles were published with student co-authors. He advocated the abandonment of the standard lecture system, opting instead for a system more akin to a partnership with his students. After serving in the US Army in WWII and working briefly in industrial research and development, Lambert joined the faculty of Occidental College, teaching from 1948 to 1981. Lambert graduated with honors from Harvard University with an AB, and received his doctorate ( PhD) from the University of Chicago. He died in December 2018 at the age of 100. 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. Lambert (J– December 28, 2018) was an American academic who was Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College, Los Angeles. Advocacy for teaching of entropy as energy dispersalįrank L.
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