Richard C. Tolman

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academic cosmologist human physical chemist physicist

Richard C. Tolman was an American physicist and physical chemist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and cosmology, as well as his scientific advisory roles during World War II.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → cosmologist → human → physical chemist → physicist →
academicDegree	PhD →
advisorTo	United States government →
awardReceived	Faraday Lectureship Prize → Willard Gibbs Award →
burialPlace	Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, California, United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1881-03-04 →
dateOfDeath	1948-09-05 →
doctoralAdvisor	Gilbert N. Lewis →
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology → University of Chicago →
employer	California Institute of Technology → Office of Scientific Research and Development →
familyName	Tolman →
fieldOfWork	cosmology → physical chemistry → relativity → statistical mechanics → thermodynamics →
givenName	Richard →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	National Academy of Sciences →
middleName	Chace →
notableConcept	Tolman surface brightness test → Tolman–Ehrenfest effect →
notableStudent	J. Robert Oppenheimer → Linus Pauling → Paul S. Epstein →
notableWork	Relativity, Thermodynamics and Cosmology → The Principles of Statistical Mechanics → Tolman length in thermodynamics of curved interfaces → Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit in relativistic stellar structure → cosmological models with expansion of the universe → relativistic thermodynamics →
occupation	scientific advisor → university teacher →
participatedIn	Manhattan Project →
placeOfBirth	West Newton, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	Pasadena, California, United States →
positionHeld	dean of the graduate school at California Institute of Technology → professor at California Institute of Technology →
religion	Quaker →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Ruth Sherman Tolman →
workLocation	Pasadena, California, United States →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit →	derivedInCollaborationWith
National Defense Research Committee →	hasMember