Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann

Ludwig Boltzmann

Ludwig Boltzmann's grave, with S= k log W seen at the top.

Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (February 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906)

Publications list

Lectures:

• "The Second Law of Thermodynamics" Populäre Schriften, Essay 3. Address to a formal meeting of the Imperial Academy of Science (29 May 1886)

Books:

• "Lectures on Gas Theory" (original title "Vorlesungen uber Gastheorie") (1896) ISBN 0486684555

See also

• Boltzmann constant
• Boltzmann distribution
• Boltzmann equation
• Boltzmann factor
• Boltzmann average
• H-theorem

Interesting reading

• Joel L. Lebowitz "Boltzmann's Entropy and Time's Arrow", Physics Today 46 pp. 32-38 (1993)
• Huw Price "Boltzmann's Time Bomb", The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 53 pp. 83-119 (2002)
• Sheldon Goldstein "Boltzmann's Approach to Statistical Mechanics", Lecture Notes in Physics 574 pp. 39-54 (2001)

Books:

• Engelbert Broda "Ludwig Boltzmann - Man, Physicist, Philosopher" Ox Bow Press (1983) ISBN 0918024242
• Carlo Cercignani "Ludwig Boltzmann The Man Who Trusted Atoms", Oxford University Press (1998) ISBN 978-0-19-850154-1