Richard C. Tolman | |
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Born | West Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. | March 4, 1881
Died | September 5, 1948 Pasadena, California, U.S. | (aged 67)
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, PhD) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physical chemistry Statistical Mechanics Cosmology |
Institutions | California Institute of Technology |
Thesis | The Electromotive Force Produced in Solutions by Centrifugal Action (1910) |
Doctoral advisor | Arthur Amos Noyes |
Doctoral students | Allan C. G. Mitchell Linus Pauling |
Richard Chace Tolman (March 4, 1881 – September 5, 1948) was an American mathematical physicist and physical chemist who made many contributions to statistical mechanics.[1] He also made important contributions to theoretical cosmology in the years soon after Einstein's discovery of general relativity. He was a professor of physical chemistry and mathematical physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).