Ludwig Boltzmann

Sy grootste prestasie was die ontwikkeling van statistiese meganika, wat 'n verduideliking bied van, en voorspel hoe, die eienskappe van atome (soos bv. atoommassa, elektriese lading en struktuur) die fisiese eienskappe van materie bepaal (soos bv. die viskositeit, termiese geleidingsvermoë en diffusie of verspreiding daarvan). Boltzmann het die woord ergodisiteit uitgedink terwyl hy besig was om aan 'n probleem in statistiese meganika te werk.

Ludwig Boltzmann
Ludwig Boltzmann
Gebore	Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (1844-02-20)20 Februarie 1844 Wene, Oostenryk
Sterf	5 September 1906 (op 62) Tybein, Triest, Oostenryk-Hongarye
Nasionaliteit	Oostenryk
Alma mater	Universiteit van Wene
Bekend vir	Boltzmann konstante Boltzmann-vergelyking Boltzmann distribusie Gedetailleerde balans H-stelling Maxwell–Boltzmann distribusie Stefan–Boltzmann konstante Stefan–Boltzmann wet Maxwell-Boltzmann statistieke Boltzmann faktor Epistemologiese idealisme
Handtekening

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• Brush, Stephen G. (red.), Kinetic Theory, New York: Pergamon Press, 1965
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• Planck, Max (1914). The Theory of Heat Radiation. P. Blakiston Son & Co. Engelse vertaling deur Morton Masius van die 2de uitgawe van Waermestrahlung. Heruitgereik deur Dover (1959) & (1991). ISBN 0-486-66811-8
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• Ruth Lewin Sime, Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics Hoofstuk Een: Girlhood in Vienna gee Lise Meitner se relaas oor Boltzmann se onderrig en loopbaan.
• Eftekhari, Ali, "Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906)." Bespreek Boltzmann se filosofiese opinies, met verskeie aanhalings.
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