Marian Smoluchowski

Marian Smoluchowski
Smoluchowski ca. 1913
Born(1872-05-28)28 May 1872
Died5 September 1917(1917-09-05) (aged 45)
NationalityPolish
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Known forPioneering statistical physics
Smoluchowski equation
Smoluchowski coagulation equation
Smoluchowski factor
Einstein–Smoluchowski relation
Feynman–Smoluchowski ratchet
Helmholtz–Smoluchowski equation
critical opalescence
AwardsHaitinger Prize of the Vienna Academy of Sciences (1908)
Order of Polonia Restituta (1936)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Lviv
Jagellonian University
Doctoral advisorFranz S. Exner and Joseph Stefan
Doctoral students
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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.[1] He is known for the Smoluchowski equation, Einstein–Smoluchowski relation and Feynman–Smoluchowski ratchet.

  1. ^ Blanka Konopka (21 February 2022). "Why Is the Sky Blue? The Polish Scientist Who Found the Answer". culture.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2023.