Peter Mazur
Peter Mazur | |
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Mazur lecturing on non-equilibrium thermodynamics in Trondheim, 1967 | |
| Born | 11 December 1922 |
| Died | 15 August 2001 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | University of Utrecht |
| Known for | non-equilibrium thermodynamics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | University of Leiden |
| Doctoral advisor | Sybren de Groot |
Peter Mazur (born Vienna, Austria, 11 December 1922; died Lausanne, Switzerland, 15 August 2001) was an Austrian-born, Dutch physicist and one of the founders of the field of non-equilibrium thermodynamics. He is the father of Harvard University physics professor Eric Mazur.