Richard C. Tolman
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 76 years ago |
Date of birth | March 4,1881 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | West Newton |
Newton | |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Died | Pasadena |
California | |
United States | |
Current partner | Ruth Sherman Tolman |
Doctor student | Linus Pauling |
Siblings | Edward C. Tolman |
Date of died | September 5,1948 |
Niece | Deborah Tolman Whitney |
Mary Tolman Kent | |
Awards | Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship |
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ID | 3487101 |
Richard C. Tolman Life story
Richard Chace Tolman was an American mathematical physicist and physical chemist who made many contributions to statistical mechanics. He also made important contributions to theoretical cosmology in the years soon after Einstein's discovery of general relativity.