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{{Short description|Indian theoretical physicist}} | |||
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}} | {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}} | ||
{{Infobox scientist | {{Infobox scientist | ||
| name = Raj Kumar Pathria | | name = Raj Kumar Pathria | ||
| image = | | image = pathria-main.jpg | ||
| caption = | | caption = | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1933|3|30}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1933|3|30}} | ||
| birth_place = Ramdas near [[Amritsar]], India | | birth_place = Ramdas near [[Amritsar]], India | ||
| nationality = U.S. and Canada | | nationality = U.S. and Canada | ||
| field = [[Mathematical Physics]] | | field = {{ubl|[[Mathematical Physics]]|[[Statistical Mechanics]]|[[Theory of Relativity]]}} | ||
| work_institution = [[University of Delhi]] | | work_institution = {{ubl|[[University of Delhi]]|[[McMaster University]]|[[University of Alberta]]|[[Panjab University]]|[[University of Waterloo]]|[[University of Windsor]]|[[University of California, San Diego|UC San Diego]]}} | ||
| alma_mater = [[Panjab University]] | | alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Panjab University]]|[[University of Delhi]]}} | ||
| doctoral_advisors = F. C. Auluck | | doctoral_advisors = {{ubl|F. C. Auluck|[[D. S. Kothari]]}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Raj Kumar Pathria''' (born March 30, 1933) is a [[theoretical physicist]], a Distinguished Professor Emeritus | '''Raj Kumar Pathria''' (born March 30, 1933) is a [[theoretical physicist]], a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at [[University of Waterloo]], and an [[Urdu]] poet.<ref name="menscience">Men of Sciences & Technology in India, Edited by Raj K Khosla, Premier Publishers (India), New Delhi, 1967, page P-20.</ref><ref name="menedu">Men of Education in India (Distinguished Who's Who), Compiled by C L Khosla, Premier Publishers (India), New Delhi, 1965, page 211.</ref> | ||
Pathria is known for his work on [[superfluidity]] in [[liquid helium]], [[Lorentz transformation]] of [[thermodynamic]] quantities, an exact evaluation of lattice sums and finite-size effects in [[phase transitions]]. | Pathria is known for his work on [[superfluidity]] in [[liquid helium]], [[Lorentz transformation]] of [[thermodynamic]] quantities, an exact evaluation of lattice sums and finite-size effects in [[phase transitions]]. | ||
Pathria is also the author of a graduate textbook | Pathria is also the author of a graduate textbook on [[statistical mechanics]],<ref>[http://www.elsevierdirect.com/ISBN/9780123821881/Statistical-Mechanics Graduate level text book on Statistical Mechanics]</ref> whose fourth edition appeared in the year 2021. He also wrote a book on relativity that was published as a Dover edition in the year 2003.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ma4ZFefVKIYC&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=dover+pathria+relativity&source=bl&ots=rw9kDu0zd-&sig=2W0r0xXdk5DDhGvAYU0LJmcU4PY&hl=en&ei=g_dJTuXOG-HliALl57ivBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=dover%20pathria%20relativity&f=false Dover edition of the book on relativity]</ref> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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[[Category:20th-century Indian physicists]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian physicists]] | ||
[[Category:Panjab University alumni]] | [[Category:Panjab University alumni]] | ||
[[Category:University | [[Category:Delhi University alumni]] | ||
[[Category:Scientists from Punjab, India]] | [[Category:Scientists from Punjab, India]] | ||
[[Category:Urdu-language poets from India]] | [[Category:Urdu-language poets from India]] | ||