Berni Alder
American physicist (1925–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Berni Julian Alder | |
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Born | (1925-09-09)September 9, 1925[1] |
Died | September 7, 2020(2020-09-07) (aged 94)[2] |
Nationality | American |
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Known for | Molecular dynamics simulation |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Statistical mechanics |
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Thesis | The Radial Distribution Function and the Thermodynamic Properties of Monatomic Liquids (1952) |
Doctoral advisor | John Gamble Kirkwood |
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