Paul Ehrenfest

Ehrenfest in {{circa|1910}} Paul Ehrenfest (18 January 1880 – 25 September 1933) was an Austrian theoretical physicist who made major contributions to the topic of statistical mechanics and its relations with quantum mechanics, including the theory of phase transition and the Ehrenfest theorem. He befriended Albert Einstein on a visit to Prague in 1912 and became a professor in Leiden, where he frequently hosted Einstein. He died by murder-suicide in 1933; he killed his disabled son Wassik, and then himself. Provided by Wikipedia
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    The conceptual foundations of the statistical approach in mechanics / by Ehrenfest, Paul, 1880-1933

    Published 1959
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    Collected scientific papers / by Ehrenfest, Paul, 1880-1933

    Published 1959
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