Richard C. Tolman
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Richard Chace Tolman was an American mathematical physicist and physical chemist who made many contributions to statistical mechanics. He also made important contributions to theoretical cosmology in the years soon after Einstein's discovery of general relativity. He was a professor of physical chemistry and mathematical physics at the California Institute of Technology .
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Published Works
- Static Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations for Spheres of Fluid (1939) (1646)
- The Effect of Droplet Size on Surface Tension (1949) (1474)
- Relativity, Thermodynamics, and Cosmology (1934) (1427)
- The Principles of Statistical Mechanics (1939) (1087)
- Effect of Inhomogeneity on Cosmological Models. (1934) (785)
- Consideration of the Gibbs Theory of Surface Tension (1948) (272)
- On the Weight of Heat and Thermal Equilibrium in General Relativity (1930) (223)
- Temperature equilibrium in a static gravitational field (1930) (200)
- On the Use of the Energy-Momentum Principle in General Relativity (1930) (178)
- The Superficial Density of Matter at a Liquid‐Vapor Boundary (1949) (155)
- On the irreversible production of entropy (1948) (153)
- ON THE ESTIMATION OF DISTANCES IN A CURVED UNIVERSE WITH A NON-STATIC LINE ELEMENT. (1930) (115)
- Two Methods of Investigating the Nature of the Nebular Redshift (1935) (108)
- The Principle of Microscopic Reversibility. (1925) (105)
- STATISTICAL MERCHANICS APPLIED TO CHEMICAL KINETICS. (1920) (103)
- On the theoretical requirements for a periodic behaviour of the universe (1931) (98)
- Knowledge of Past and Future in Quantum Mechanics (1931) (73)
- The Principle of Relativity, and Non-Newtonian Mechanics (73)
- LVII. The principle of relativity, and non-newtonian mechanics (1909) (69)
- On the problem of the entropy of the universe as a whole (1931) (66)
- On the Gravitational Field Produced by Light (1931) (64)
- Duration of Molecules in Upper Quantum States. (1924) (63)
- A general theory of energy partition with applications to quantum theory (1918) (52)
- Statistical Mechanics with Applications to Physics and Chemistry (50)
- On the Astronomical Implications of the de Sitter Line Element for the Universe (1929) (38)
- ON THE POSSIBLE LINE ELEMENTS FOR THE UNIVERSE. (1929) (34)
- The Electromotive Force Produced by the Acceleration of Metals. (1916) (34)
- The Second Postulate of Relativity (1910) (34)
- XXXIII. Non-Newtonian mechanics, the mass of a moving body (1912) (30)
- On the Behavior of Non-Static Models of the Universe When the Cosmological Term is Omitted (1932) (27)
- The electromotive force produced in solutions by centrifugal action (24)
- The Mass of the Electric Carrier in Copper, Silver and Aluminium. (1917) (24)
- Some Emission Theories of Light (1912) (24)
- The Principle of Similitude (1914) (24)
- THE EFFECT OF THE ANNIHILATION OF MATTER ON THE WAVE-LENGTH OF LIGHT FROM THE NEBULAE. (1930) (21)
- Methods of statistical mechanics (1927) (21)
- MORE COMPLETE DISCUSSION OF THE TIME-DEPENDENCE OF THE NON-STATIC LINE ELEMENT FOR THE UNIVERSE. (1930) (21)
- The entropy of supercooled liquids at the absolute zero (1925) (19)
- On the Extension of Thermodynamics to General Relativity. (1928) (14)
- RELATION BETWEEN INTENSITY OF TYNDALL BEAM AND SIZE OF PARTICLES.2 (1919) (11)
- AN ELECTRICAL PRECIPITATOR FOR ANALYZING SMOKES. (1919) (11)
- THE MECHANISM OF CHEMICAL REACTION (1925) (11)
- EQUILIBRIA IN DISPERSED SYSTEMS AND THE THERMO-DYNAMIC THEORY OF COLLOIDS. (1913) (11)
- THERMODYNAMIC TREATMENT OF THE POSSIBLE FORMATION OF HELIUM FROM HYDROGEN (1922) (10)
- On the Establishment of Grand Canonical Distributions (1940) (10)
- A TYNDALLMETER FOR THE EXAMINATION OF DISPERSE SYSTEMS. (1919) (9)
- ON THE DERIVATION OF THE EQUATION FOR THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON REACTION RATE (1925) (9)
- LIX. Relativity theory: The equipartition law in a system of particles (1914) (9)
- EXPERIMENTS ON THE RATE OF DISSOCIATION OF NITROGEN TETROXIDE (1932) (9)
- The Thermal Decomposition of Nitrosyl Chloride (1935) (8)
- THE ENTROPY OF DIATOMIC GASES AND ROTATIONAL SPECIFIC HEAT (1923) (8)
- THE RELATION BETWEEN STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND THERMODYNAMICS. (7)
- THE MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF COLLOIDAL BEHAVIOR. I. THE SWELLING OF FIBRIN IN ACIDS. (7)
- XXXV. Note on the derivation from the principle of relativity of the fifth fundamental equation of the Maxwell-Lorentz theory (1911) (7)
- THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EQUILIBRIA IN DIVIDED SYSTEMS. (1913) (7)
- Possibilities in relativistic thermodynamics for irreversible processes without exhaustion of free energy (1932) (7)
- THE ENTROPY OF GASES. (1920) (7)
- A Further Study of the Inertia of the Electric Carrier in Copper (1926) (6)
- THE INITIAL RATE OF DECOMPOSITION OF NITROGEN PENTOXIDE (1925) (6)
- Rotational Specific Heat and Half Quantum Numbers (1923) (6)
- DISCUSSION OF VARIOUS TREATMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE NON-STATIC LINE ELEMENT FOR THE UNIVERSE. (1930) (5)
- On the Use of the Entropy Principle in General Relativity (1930) (5)
- Thermal Equilibrium in a General Gravitational Field. (1935) (5)
- XVI. Non-Newtonian mechanics.—Some transformation equations (5)
- The Thermal Decomposition of Ozone. (1927) (5)
- THE ACCELERATION OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS. (1914) (5)
- The specific heat of solids and the principle of similitude (1914) (5)
- XLIV. Non-Newtonian mechanics:—The direction of force and acceleration (1911) (5)
- RELATION BETWEEN THE INTENSITY OF TYNDALL BEAM AND CONCENTRATION OF SUSPENSIONS AND SMOKES. (1919) (4)
- Note on the homogeneity of physical equations (1916) (4)
- Review of the Present Status of the Two Forms of Quantum Theory (1922) (4)
- The Rate of Decomposition of Nitrogen Pentoxide at Very Low Pressures. (1929) (4)
- NOTE ON THE THEORY OF MONOMOLECULAR REACTIONS. (1921) (4)
- Nonstatic model of universe with reversible annihilation of matter (1931) (4)
- On the interpretation of heat in relativistic thermodynamics (1933) (4)
- Further Experiments on the Mass of the Electric Carrier in Metals (1923) (4)
- On the Stability of Stellar Models, with Remarks on the Origin of Novae. (1939) (3)
- On the Equilibrium between Radiation and Matter. (1926) (3)
- THE THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF OZONE. III. THE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF REACTION RATE (1927) (3)
- On the Equilibrium between Radiation and Matter in Einstein's Closed Universe. (1928) (3)
- THE PRINCIPLE OF SIMILITUDE AND THE ENTROPY OF POLYATOMIC GASES. (1921) (3)
- THE THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF OZONE. I. THE HOMOGENEITY, ORDER, SPECIFIC RATE AND DEPENDENCE OF RATE ON TOTAL PRESSURE (1927) (3)
- A New Kind of Test of the Correspondence Principle Based on the Prediction of the Absolute Intensities of Spectral Lines. (1926) (3)
- Further Experiments on the Mass of the Electric Carrier in Metals. (1923) (2)
- Further Remarks on the Second Law of Thermodynamics in General Relativity. (1928) (2)
- On Thermodynamic Equilibrium in a Static Einstein Universe. (1931) (2)
- On the stability of spheres of simple mechanical fluid held together by Newtonian gravitation (1939) (2)
- On the Nature of Light. (1926) (2)
- THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SMOKE IN A CONFINED SPACE. (1919) (2)
- The entropy of electron gas (1921) (2)
- The Protection Afforded by Various Filters Against Bacterial Suspensions in Air (1919) (1)
- On Chemical Activation by Collisions. (1927) (1)
- THE THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF OZONE. II. THE EFFECT OF OXYGEN AND ACCIDENTAL CATALYSTS ON THE RATE (1927) (1)
- THE FREE ENERGY OF DILUTION OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID. (1912) (1)
- Statistical mechanics and its application to physical-chemical problems (1927) (1)
- The Present Status of Cosmology. II (1936) (1)
- THE CONCENTRATION OF HYDROGEN ION IN SULFURIC ACID. (1912) (1)
- THE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION RATE (1923) (1)
- On Molecular Diameters in Gas Reactions (1928) (0)
- Experimental demonstration of the equivalence of a mechanically oscillated electrostatic charge to an alternating current (1929) (0)
- The Age of the Universe from the Red Shift in the Spectra of Extragalactic Objects (1935) (0)
- Remarks on Professor Lewis's Note on the Path of Light Quanta in an Interference Field. (1926) (0)
- LVIII. Relativity theory: General dynamical principles (1914) (0)
- The reflection and transmission of light by photographic plates (1930) (0)
- A Mechanical Rectifier for the Measurement of Small, Commercial‐Frequency, Alternating Potentials (1934) (0)
- On the Energy and Entropy of Einstein's Closed Universe. (1928) (0)
- On the estimation of maximum coefficients of absorption (1925) (0)
- Remarks on the Possible Failure of Energy Conservation. (1934) (0)
- XIII. Note on the problem of the quantitative formulation of Bohr's correspondence principle (0)
- Suggestions as to Metric in a Non-Conservative Mechanics. (1934) (0)
- THE ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE PRODUCED BY THE ACCELERATION OF CONDUCTORS. (1913) (0)
- THE RATE OF DECOMPOSITION OF NITROGEN PENTOXIDE AT MODERATELY LOW PRESSURE. (0)
- Suggestions as to the Energy-Momentum Principle in a Non-Conservative Mechanics. (1934) (0)
- Thermodynamics with Relations to Statistical Mechanics and with Applications to Steady States (1949) (0)
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