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I have to take this opportunity to recite the opening passage of the introduction to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics in David L. Goodstein’s «States of
by bjornsing 3y ago
I have to take this opportunity to recite the opening passage of the introduction to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics in David L. Goodstein’s «States of Matter» from 1985:
“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.”
From https://x.com/rainmaker1973/status/1724781799308456152 https://x.com/rainmaker1973/status/1724781799308456152
- bryanrasmussen 3y agoEvidently still alive - what a fighter!
- godelski 3y agoCan I introduce you to BBC's Dangerous Knowledge? It covers Cantor, Boltzmann, Gödel, and Turing. Part 1: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8c24qz https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8c24qz Part 2: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8c24r0 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8c24r0
- WalterBright 3y agoProf Goodstein was my freshman physics professor. I didn't realize at the time how lucky I was. Goodstein also was the host of "The Mechanical Universe". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396993/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396993/ I managed to snag one of the last copies before they went out of print.
- kwoff 3y agoI loved that series. It's on Caltech's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8_xPU5epJddRABXqJ5h5G0dk-XGtA5cZ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8_xPU5epJddRABXqJ5h5...
- srean 3y ago"The Mechanical Universe" ... now you are talking about peak of pedagogical achievement that TV ever scaled. My other favorite would be Brian Harvey's lectures although it never made the TV https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhMnuBfGeCDNgVzLPxF9o5UNKG1b-LFY9 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhMnuBfGeCDNgVzLPxF9o... (this is about scheme, not statistical mechanics)
- dcuthbertson 3y agoWhat an attention grabber! If only more textbooks introduced their topics so as to capture the imagination and set the reader on a path of possible danger and intrigue.