Marian Smoluchowski
Marian Smoluchowski (Polish: [ˈmarjan smɔluˈxɔfski]; 28 May 1872 – 5 September 1917) was a Polish physicist who worked in the territories of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was a pioneer of statistical physics and made significant contributions to the theory of Brownian motion and stochastic processes. He is known for the Smoluchowski equation, Einstein–Smoluchowski relation and Feynman–Smoluchowski ratchet.
Marian Smoluchowski | |
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Smoluchowski ca. 1913 | |
| Born | 28 May 1872 |
| Died | 5 September 1917 (aged 45) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Known for | Pioneering statistical physics Smoluchowski equation Smoluchowski coagulation equation Smoluchowski factor Einstein–Smoluchowski relation Feynman–Smoluchowski ratchet Helmholtz–Smoluchowski equation critical opalescence |
| Awards | Haitinger Prize of the Vienna Academy of Sciences (1908) Order of Polonia Restituta (1936) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Lviv Jagellonian University |
| Doctoral advisor | Franz S. Exner and Joseph Stefan |
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