Ludwig Boltzmann : the man who trusted atoms /

Ludwig Boltzmann arguably played the key role in establishing that submicroscopic structures underlie the ordinary world. He had a tremendous impact on late 19th-century and early 20th-century physics, and he anticipated many contemporary ideas, including Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cercignani, Carlo
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Subjects:	Boltzmann, Ludwig, > 1844-1906. Boltzmann, Ludwig, > 1844-1906 Boltzmann, Ludwig > 1844-1906 Boltzmann, Ludwig, > (1844-1906) Boltzmann, Ludwig. Atomic structure > History. Physicists > Austria > Biography. Physics. Physics Structure atomique > Histoire. Physique. physics. 33.01 history of physics. 33.25 thermodynamics. Atomic structure. Physicists. Biografie Statistische mechanica. Evenwichten. Thermodynamica. Physiciens > Autriche > Biographies. Austria. Biography Biographies. History. Biographies (form)

Table of Contents:

1. A short biography of Ludwig Boltzmann
2. Physics before Boltzmann
3. Kinetic theory before Boltzmann
4. The Boltzmann equation
5. Time irreversibility and the H-theorem
6. Boltzmann's relation and the statistical interpretation of entropy
7. Boltzmann, Gibbs and equilibrium statistical mechanics
8. The problem of polyatomic molecules
9. Boltzmann's contributions to other branches of physics
11. Boltzmann and his contemporaries
12. The influence of Boltzmann's ideas on the science and technology of the twentieth century.