Robert Zwanzig | |
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| Born | 9 April 1928 Brooklyn, New York City, United States |
| Died | May 15, 2014 Bethesda, Maryland, United States |
| Alma mater | Caltech |
| Known for | Zwanzig equation Zwanzig projection operator Nakajima–Zwanzig equation Mori–Zwanzig formalism |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | University of Maryland |
| Thesis | Quantum Hydrodynamics: a statistical mechanical theory of light scattering from simple non-polar fluids (1952) |
| Doctoral advisor | John G. Kirkwood |
Robert Walter Zwanzig (9 April 1928[1] – May 15, 2014[2]) was an American theoretical physicist and chemist who made important contributions to the statistical mechanics of irreversible processes, protein folding, and the theory of liquids and gases.
- ^ Thirumalai, D.; Greer, S. C. (1989). "Zwanzig dedication". The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 93 (19): 6883–6884. doi:10.1021/j100356a001.
- ^ Andersen, Hans C.; Chandler, David (2014). "Robert W. Zwanzig: Formulated nonequilibrium statistical mechanics". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111 (32): 11572–3. arXiv:1407.5990. Bibcode:2014PNAS..11111572A. doi:10.1073/pnas.1412827111. PMC 4136600. PMID 25077976.
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