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[[Image:Zentralfriedhof.jpg|thumb|200px|Ludwig Boltzmann's grave, with S= k log W seen at the top.]] | [[Image:Zentralfriedhof.jpg|thumb|200px|Ludwig Boltzmann's grave, with S= k log W seen at the top.]] | ||
'''Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann''' (February 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906) | '''Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann''' (February 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906) | ||
==Publications list== | |||
Books: | |||
* "Lectures on Gas Theory" (original title "Vorlesungen uber Gastheorie") (1896) ISBN 0486684555 | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Boltzmann constant]] | |||
*[[Boltzmann distribution]] | |||
*[[Boltzmann equation]] | |||
*[[Boltzmann factor]] | |||
*[[Boltzmann average]] | |||
*[[H-theorem]] | *[[H-theorem]] | ||
==Interesting reading== | ==Interesting reading== | ||
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*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjps/53.1.83 Huw Price "Boltzmann's Time Bomb", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science '''53''' pp. 83-119 (2002)] | *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjps/53.1.83 Huw Price "Boltzmann's Time Bomb", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science '''53''' pp. 83-119 (2002)] | ||
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44966-3_3 Sheldon Goldstein "Boltzmann's Approach to Statistical Mechanics", Lecture Notes in Physics '''574''' pp. 39-54 (2001)] | *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44966-3_3 Sheldon Goldstein "Boltzmann's Approach to Statistical Mechanics", Lecture Notes in Physics '''574''' pp. 39-54 (2001)] | ||
Books: | |||
* Carlo Cercignani "Ludwig Boltzmann The Man Who Trusted Atoms", Oxford University Press (1998) ISBN 978-0-19-850154-1 | |||
[[Category:Person]] | [[Category:Person]] | ||
Revision as of 14:33, 10 December 2010
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (February 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906)
Publications list
Books:
- "Lectures on Gas Theory" (original title "Vorlesungen uber Gastheorie") (1896) ISBN 0486684555
See also
- Boltzmann constant
- Boltzmann distribution
- Boltzmann equation
- Boltzmann factor
- Boltzmann average
- H-theorem
Interesting reading
- Joel L. Lebowitz "Boltzmann's Entropy and Time's Arrow", Physics Today 46 pp. 32-38 (1993)
- Huw Price "Boltzmann's Time Bomb", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 53 pp. 83-119 (2002)
- Sheldon Goldstein "Boltzmann's Approach to Statistical Mechanics", Lecture Notes in Physics 574 pp. 39-54 (2001)
Books:
- Carlo Cercignani "Ludwig Boltzmann The Man Who Trusted Atoms", Oxford University Press (1998) ISBN 978-0-19-850154-1