Marian Smoluchowski

Marian Smoluchowski (28 May 1872 in Vorderbrühl near Vienna - 5 September 1917 in Kraków) was a Polish scientist, pioneer of statistical physics and a mountaineer. Smoluchowski studied physics in Vienna. His teachers were Franz S. Exner and Joseph Stefan. Ludwig Boltzmann held a position at Munich University during the studies of Smoluchowski in Vienna and returned in 1894, when Smoluchowki served in the Austrian army. It seems that they had no d... more

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  • May 28, 1872

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  • Sep 5, 1917 (age 45 years)

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