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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Richard C. Tolman canonical 14
Richard Chace Tolman 4

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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 Medal ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: West Newton, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Pasadena ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Pasadena, California, United States

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National Defense Research Committee → hasMember → Richard C. Tolman ⓘ
Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit → derivedInCollaborationWith → Richard C. Tolman ⓘ
Lemaître–Tolman metric → namedAfter → Richard C. Tolman ⓘ
Tolman → hasNotableBearer → Richard C. Tolman ⓘ
Tolman length in thermodynamics of curved interfaces → namedAfter → Richard C. Tolman ⓘ
subject surface form: Tolman length
The Principles of Statistical Mechanics → author → Richard C. Tolman ⓘ
The Principles of Statistical Mechanics → authorFullName → Richard C. Tolman ⓘ
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Relativity, Thermodynamics and Cosmology → author → Richard C. Tolman ⓘ
Tolman–Ehrenfest effect → formulatedBy → Richard C. Tolman ⓘ
Tolman surface brightness test → namedAfter → Richard C. Tolman ⓘ
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Chace → nameBearer → Richard C. Tolman ⓘ
Chace → nameBearer → Richard C. Tolman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Chace Tolman
Chace → usedInFullName → Richard C. Tolman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Chace Tolman
Committee on Political and Social Problems → hasMember → Richard C. Tolman ⓘ
Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff equation → namedAfter → Richard C. Tolman ⓘ