Ludwig Boltzmann (1844--1906) died just over a century ago. In commemoration of his death, I sketch his pioneering contributions to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics within the context of his often troubled life.
...MoreDescription Focuses on his contributions to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.
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Campisi, Michele;
(2005)
On the Mechanical Foundations of Thermodynamics: The Generalized Helmholtz Theorem
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Book
Eric Johnson;
(2018)
Anxiety and the Equation: Understanding Boltzmann's Entropy
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Lavis, D. A.;
(2005)
Boltzmann and Gibbs: An Attempted Reconciliation
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Book
Olivier Darrigol;
(2018)
Atoms, Mechanics, and Probability: Ludwig Boltzmann's Statistico-Mechanical Writings - An Exegesis
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Brown, Harvey R.;
Myrvold, Wayne;
Uffink, Jos;
(2009)
Boltzmann's H-Theorem, Its Discontents, and the Birth of Statistical Mechanics
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Bordoni, Stafano;
(2013)
Routes Towards an Abstract Thermodynamics in the Late Nineteenth Century
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Badino, M.;
(2011)
Mechanistic Slumber vs. Statistical Insomnia: The Early History of Boltzmann's H-Theorem (1868--1877)
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van Strien, Marij;
(2013)
The Nineteenth Century Conflict between Mechanism and Irreversibility
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Leeds, Stephen;
(2003)
Foundations of Statistical Mechanics: Two Approaches
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Chapter
Luca Peliti;
Raúl Rechtman;
(2017)
Einstein’s approach to Statistical Mechanics
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Navarro, Luis;
Pérez, Enric;
(2006)
Paul Ehrenfest: The Genesis of the Adiabatic Hypothesis, 1911--1914
(/isis/citation/CBB000670059/)
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Pierre–Michel Vauthelin;
(2017)
Duhem et la thermodynamique française de la fin du XIXe siècle
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Badino, Massimiliano;
Friedrich, Bretislav;
(2013)
Much Polyphony but Little Harmony: Otto Sackur's Groping for a Quantum Theory of Gases
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Abiko, Seiya;
(2000)
Einstein's Theories of the Fluctuation and the Thermal Radiation--The First Quantum Theory through Statistical Thermodynamics
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Book
Bartel, Hans-Georg;
Huebener, R. P.;
(2007)
Walther Nernst: Pioneer of Physics and of Chemistry
(/isis/citation/CBB000774127/)
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Simón Reif-Acherman;
(2015)
Between Thermodynamics and Thermometry: The Life and Scientific Achievements of Hugh Longbourne Callendar
(/isis/citation/CBB165748507/)
Book
Blackmore, John T.;
(2010)
Ernst Mach's Prague (1867--1895) as a Human Adventure
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Ridderbos, Katinka;
(2002)
The Coarse-Graining Approach to Statistical Mechanics: How Blissful Is Our Ignorance?
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Badino, Massimiliano;
(2005)
Il contributo di Khinchin al problema ergodico
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(2001)
The Conceptual Foundations of Statistical Physics
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