Paul Ehrenfest
Physicist, Academic
1880 – 1933
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Who was Paul Ehrenfest?
Paul Ehrenfest was an Austrian and Dutch theoretical physicist, who made major contributions to the field of statistical mechanics and its relations with quantum mechanics, including the theory of phase transition and the Ehrenfest theorem.
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- Born
- Jan 18, 1880
Vienna - Also known as
- Эренфест, Пауль
- 保罗·埃伦费斯特
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Austrians
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Austria
- Profession
- Education
- University of Vienna
- University of Göttingen
- Employment
- Leiden University
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Died
- Sep 25, 1933
Amsterdam
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on July 23, 2013
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