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Paul Ehrenfest

Dutch physicist

Died when: 53 years 250 days (644 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Paul Ehrenfest

Paul Ehrenfest (18 January 1880 – 25 September 1933) was an Austrian 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.

He bonded with Albert Einstein on a visit to Prague in 1912 and became a professor in Leiden, where he frequently hosted Einstein.


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