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> And, of course, we can't change Boltzmann's Constant because Professor Boltzmann is dead[3]. Worth the read just for that punch line.
by cryptonector 5y ago
> And, of course, we can't change Boltzmann's Constant because Professor Boltzmann is dead[3].
Worth the read just for that punch line.
- mgleason_3 5y agoThe pinnacle on a wonderful respite from the mire of politics and opinions that often invades hacker news.
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- pfdietz 5y agoThe opening paragraph of Goodstein's "States of Matter": "Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906, by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics."
- Applejinx 5y ago"…for as long as we can"? D:
- matthewdgreen 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeds_There_a_Man...%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeds_There_a_Man...%3F
- Workaccount2 5y agoEhrenfest didn't just die similarly, he took his (disabled) son with him!
- jhallenworld 5y agoHah, I have that book, the next line is something like "we shall proceed cautiously".