Herbert Callen
Herbert Callen · Science & Medicine
Physicist; thermodynamics and the fluctuation-dissipation theorem
1919, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States — 1993, Merion, Pennsylvania, United States
United States
Herbert Callen is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; thermodynamics and the fluctuation-dissipation theorem
Herbert Callen was an American physicist whose textbook 'Thermodynamics' became a standard, and who (with Theodore Welton) formulated the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, linking a system's response to external forces with its spontaneous thermal fluctuations. He spent his career at the University of Pennsylvania. He is included among Jewish physicists in Jewish biographical references.
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Physicist; thermodynamics and the fluctuation-dissipation theorem
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