Richard C. Tolman (1881–1948)
Autor von The Principles of Statistical Mechanics
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Tolman, Richard C.
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Tolman, Richard Chace
- Andere Namen
- Tolman, R. C.
- Geburtstag
- 1881-03-04
- Todestag
- 1948-07-05
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- West Newton, Massachusetts, USA
- Sterbeort
- Pasadena, California, USA
- Ausbildung
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS|Chemical Engineering|1903)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD|Chemical Engineering|1910) - Berufe
- professor
chemist
mathematical physicist - Beziehungen
- Tolman, Edward C. (brother)
- Organisationen
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
California Institute of Technology
Manhattan Project - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Tolman Medal named in his honor
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A very important book in statistical mechanics. Tolman dedicated the book to J. Robert Oppenheimer (with whom all aspects of the text have been discussed).
This is kind of an old-fashioned presentation of relativity. However, an advantage of that is that the author considers topics that have been left out of more "modern" presentations - not always for good reason!
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The book logically builds on itself, but previous knowledge of Greek letters is pretty necessary. My biggest issue was that I would confuse the symbols or forget what φ means. Not to mention the fact that I am bad with Greek letters and kept having to make up names for them. ψ becomes "fork." In any case, I finally looked up the names for Greek Letters and had a bit of an easier time.… (mehr)