Berni Alder

Berni Julian Alder
Born(1925-09-09)September 9, 1925[1]
DiedSeptember 7, 2020(2020-09-07) (aged 94)[2]
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Known forMolecular dynamics simulation
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsStatistical mechanics
Institutions
ThesisThe Radial Distribution Function and the Thermodynamic Properties of Monatomic Liquids (1952)
Doctoral advisorJohn Gamble Kirkwood

Berni Julian Alder (September 9, 1925 – September 7, 2020) was a German-born American physicist specialized in statistical mechanics, and a pioneer of computational modelling of matter.[3]

  1. ^ Sleezman, Elizabeth, ed. (2004). The International Who's Who 2004. England: Europa Publications. p. 26. ISBN 1857432177.
  2. ^ Berni Alder obituary
  3. ^ Ceperley, David (2020-10-08). "Berni Alder (1925–2020)". Nature. 586 (7829): 356. Bibcode:2020Natur.586..356C. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02858-5.