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Austria · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1912Date range
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Chronological records

1912

Paul Ehrenfest1912

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

Names involved

Paul Ehrenfest

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