Joel L. Lebowitz (born May 10, 1930 in Taceva) is a Jewish mathematical physicist widely acknowledged for his outstanding contributions to statistical physics, statistical mechanics and many other fields of Mathematics and Physics. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Mathematical physics is the scientific discipline concerned with the interface of Mathematics and Physics. Statistical physics is one of the fundamental theories of Physics, and uses methods of Statistics in solving physical problems Statistical mechanics is the application of Probability theory, which includes mathematical tools for dealing with large populations to the field of Mechanics Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. He has been awarded several honors, such as the Boltzmann Medal (1992), the Henri Poincaré Prize (2000), the Nicholson Medal (1994) awarded by the American Physical Society, the Volterra Award (2001), Max-Planck Medal (2007), and many others [1]. The Boltzmann Medal is the most important prize awarded to Physicists that obtain new results concerning Statistical mechanics; it is named after the celebrated physicist Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Henri Poincaré Prize sponsored by the Daniel Iagolnitzer Foundation was created in 1997 to recognize outstanding contributions in mathematical physics and contributions 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The American Physical Society was founded in 1899 and is the World 's second largest organization of physicists behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Max Planck medal is an award for extraordinary achievements in Theoretical physics. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. David Ruelle has defined Joel Lebowitz as the soul of statistical mechanics. David Pierre Ruelle (b August 20, 1935 Ghent, Belgium) is a Belgian-French Mathematical physicist.
Joel Lebowitz has published more than four hundred papers concerning statistical physics and science in general, and he is one of the founders and editors of the Journal of Statistical Physics, one of the most important journal concerning the scientific research in this area. He has been president of the New York Academy of Sciences, and is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. The New York Academy of Sciences is the third oldest scientific society in the United States The National Academy of Sciences (NAS is a corporation in the United States whose members serve Pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science
Joel Lebowitz is the George William Hill Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Rutgers University. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University) is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey He is also an active member of the human rights community. Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled
Biography
Joel Lebowitz was born in Taceva, then in Czechoslovakia, now Ukraine, in 1930. Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. During the second world war he was deported with his family to Auschwitz, where his father, his mother, and his younger sister were killed in 1944. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including "Auschwitz" redirects here For the town see Oświęcim Auschwitz-Birkenau () was the largest of Nazi Germany After being liberated from the camp, he moved to United States by boat, and he studied in an orthodox Jewish school, at Brooklyn College, and at Syracuse University. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn New York. Syracuse University (SU is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York. Here he got a PhD in 1956 under the supervision of Peter G. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Bergmann. Then he continued his research with Lars Onsager, at Yale University, where he got a faculty position. Lars Onsager ( November 27, 1903 &ndash October 5, 1976) was a Norwegian – American physical chemist and He moved to the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1957 and to the Belfer Graduate School of Science of Yeshiva University in 1959. Stevens Institute of Technology is a technological university located on a 55 acre (223000 m² campus in Hoboken New Jersey, USA, founded in 1870 on the basis Yeshiva University is a private Jewish University in New York City whose first component was founded in 1886. Finally he got a faculty position at Rutgers University in 1977, where he holds the prestigious George William Hill Professor position. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays During his years at the Yeshiva University and Rutgers University he has been in contact with several scientists, and artists, like Fumio Yoshimura and Kate Millett. Kate Millett (born Katherine Murray Millet on September 14, 1934 in St In 1975 he founded the Journal of Statistical Physics. In 1979 he was president of the New York Academy of Sciences. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) He has been one of the most active supporters of dissident scientists in the former Soviet Union, especially refusenik scientists. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Refusenik (אסיר ציון asir tzion, "zion prisoner" מסורב עליה mesorav aliyah, "one who is not allowed to perform Aliyah
Contributions to science
Joel Lebowitz has had many important contributions to statistical mechanics and mathematical physics. He proved, along with Elliott Lieb, that the Coulomb interactions obey the thermodynamic limit. Elliott H Lieb (born 1932 in Boston) is an eminent American Mathematical physicist and professor of Mathematics and Physics at Princeton He also established what are now known as Lebowitz inequalities for the ferromagnetic Ising model. The Ising model, named after the physicist Ernst Ising, is a mathematical model in Statistical mechanics. His current interests are in problems of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics.
On a more administerial note, he founded the Journal of Statistical Physics in 1975, which happens to be one of the most important journals in the field. He has also hosted the biannual series of conferences first at Yeshiva University and later continuing at Rutgers University.
External links
- His home page
- The laudatio for Joel L. Lebowitz held by David Ruelle
- The Boltzmann Award 1992
- Some pictures of Joel Lebowitz
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