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Marian Smoluchowski
1917Sep, 5

Marian Smoluchowski

Marian Smoluchowski, Austrian-Polish physicist and mountaineer (b. 1872)
Marian Smoluchowski (Polish: [ˈmarjan smɔluˈxɔfski]; 28 May 1872 – 5 September 1917) was a Polish physicist who worked in the Polish territories of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was a pioneer of statistical physics, and an avid mountaineer.

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