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“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 similarl
by WJW 5y ago
“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.”
- slavik81 5y agoStates of Matter (1975) by David L. Goodstein, for anyone wondering.
- gryn 5y agothe author is still alive for those wondering.
- markus_zhang 5y agoPeeked into the dark sea where the old ones reside...
- dekhn 5y agoi mean, if you do the derivation of the boltzmann equation, you can clearly see cthulu for a short while after you apply stirling's approximation
- shagie 5y agoPerhaps it will be wise to approach the subject cautiously.