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* Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann "On the relation between the second law of the mechanical theory of heat and the probability calculus with respect to the theorems on thermal equilibrium", | * Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann "On the relation between the second law of the mechanical theory of heat and the probability calculus with respect to the theorems on thermal equilibrium", Sitzungberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften - Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe '''76''' pp. 373-435 (1877) ([http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e17041971 English translation thanks to Kim Sharp and Franz Matschinsky in Entropy '''17''' pp. 1971-2009 (2015)] | ||
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*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2091-6_2 "The Second Law of Thermodynamics" Populäre Schriften, Essay 3. Address to a formal meeting of the Imperial Academy of Science (29 May 1886)] | *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2091-6_2 "The Second Law of Thermodynamics" Populäre Schriften, Essay 3. Address to a formal meeting of the Imperial Academy of Science (29 May 1886)] | ||
Revision as of 14:59, 3 March 2016
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (February 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906)
Publications list
Papers:
- Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann "On the relation between the second law of the mechanical theory of heat and the probability calculus with respect to the theorems on thermal equilibrium", Sitzungberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften - Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 76 pp. 373-435 (1877) (English translation thanks to Kim Sharp and Franz Matschinsky in Entropy 17 pp. 1971-2009 (2015)
Lectures:
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:
- Engelbert Broda "Ludwig Boltzmann - Man, Physicist, Philosopher" Ox Bow Press (1983) ISBN 0918024242
- Carlo Cercignani "Ludwig Boltzmann The Man Who Trusted Atoms", Oxford University Press (1998) ISBN 978-0-19-850154-1