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Richard C. Tolman

1881 - 1948

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Richard Chace Tolman (March 4, 1881 – September 5, 1948) was an American mathematical physicist and physical chemist who made many contributions to statistical mechanics and theoretical cosmology. He was a professor at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard C. Tolman is the 450th most popular physicist (down from 444th in 2019), the 3,582nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,082nd in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Richard C. Tolman ranks 450 out of 851. Before him are Yuval Ne'eman, John Dollond, Douglas Hofstadter, Frank Oppenheimer, Katharine Burr Blodgett, and Ferenc Krausz. After him are Albert W. Hull, Chester Carlson, Henri Tresca, Leonard Susskind, Anatole Abragam, and Rudolf Peierls.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Richard C. Tolman ranks 97. Before him are Alberts Kviesis, Karl Staaf, Valery Larbaud, Wilhelm Worringer, Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet, and Israel Zolli. After him are Princess Xenia of Montenegro, Curt Sachs, Ernst Fast, Adolf Hühnlein, Pablo Gargallo, and André Salmon. Among people deceased in 1948, Richard C. Tolman ranks 84. Before him are Manuel Ponce, Paul Wegener, Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Pavel Rybalko, Unity Mitford, and Harry Dexter White. After him are Maximilian Grabner, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, John Anderson, Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, Harilal Gandhi, and Thekla Resvoll.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard C. Tolman ranks 3,582 out of 20,380. Before him are Jason Newsted (1963), Sal Mineo (1939), Bob Casey Jr. (1960), John Frusciante (1970), Gordon Bunshaft (1909), and John Grinder (1940). After him are David Lee Roth (1954), Frank Morgan (1890), Caesar Augustus Rodney (1772), Alvin Hansen (1887), Albert W. Hull (1880), and Barbara Hendricks (1948).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Richard C. Tolman ranks 96. Before him are William Stanley Jr. (1858), Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), Howard P. Robertson (1903), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), Frank Oppenheimer (1912), and Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898). After him are Albert W. Hull (1880), Chester Carlson (1906), Leonard Susskind (1940), Clarence Zener (1905), Mildred Dresselhaus (1930), and Alan Sokal (1955).

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