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Richard C. Tolman

OCT 01, 1948
Physics Today

Richard C. Tolman, professor of physical chemistry and mathematical physics at the California Institute of Technology, former vice chairman of the National Defense Research Committee, adviser to Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves and later Bernard Baruch, died September 6th in Pasadena, after suffering a stroke. He was 67.

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Volume 1, Number 6

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