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Paul Ehrenfest (January 18, 1880 – September 25, 1933) was an Austrian and Dutch theoretical physicist, who made major contributions to the field of statistical mechanics and its relations with quantum mechanics, including the theory of phase transition and the Ehrenfest theorem.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 18, 1880
Birth place	Vienna
Date of death	September 25, 1933
Place of death	Amsterdam
Education	University of Vienna University of Göttingen Technische Hochschule
Spouse	Tatyana Afanasyeva
Known for	Spacetime Spinor Ehrenfest theorem Ehrenfest paradox Ehrenfest equations Phase transition Ehrenfest model Ultraviolet catastrophe Nonradiation condition Ehrenfest–Tolman effect Ehrenfest time

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