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Paul Ehrenfest Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Paul Ehrenfest, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Austria.

3 records1880–19333 events0 places

Chronological biography

1880

Birth of Paul Ehrenfest18 January 1880
Science / Astronomy

Birth of Paul Ehrenfest

1912

Adiabatic Invariants1912
Science / Astronomy

A concept derived from classical mechanics that on the one hand can serve to refine certain methods of Bohrs model of the atom (although initially Ehrenfest did not accept Bohrs ideas) and on the other hand makes a link between atomic mechanics & stats

1933

Death of Paul Ehrenfest25 September 1933
Science / Astronomy

Death of Paul Ehrenfest

Record provenance

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