Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Paul Ehrenfest Biography and Timeline

Follow Paul Ehrenfest through 3 dated historical records for Austria.

Paul Ehrenfest, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

3Distinct records
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1880–1933Years on this page

1880

Birth of Paul Ehrenfest

Science / Astronomy

Birth of Paul Ehrenfest

1912

Adiabatic Invariants

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 Ehrenfest

Science / Astronomy

Death of Paul Ehrenfest

Records, sources and methodology

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