Boltzmann death reason chad
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Can a life be summed up by 𝑆=𝛋∙log𝑊?
Boltzmann death reason chad
The equation is the slightly geeky inscription on the tombstone of Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and pioneer of statistical mechanics.
The formula shows the relation between entropy and the probability of possible thermodynamic states of matter.
It includes the constant 𝛋, later termed Boltzmann constant.
How can a lifetime’s achievement so fundamental (including a constant named after you for mathematical eternity) end in the tragic suicide of the name-bearer during a holiday in Italy?
The loss of stability in the world and in science
Ludwig Boltzmann’s birth set the stage for a somewhat restless life — he was born in the early hours after a Mardi Gras ball on shrove Tuesday in 1844.
As a son of a tax revenue officer, an affinity for numbers may have run in his blood.
In the Austro Hungarian empire the political structures meant to be God-given started to crack
He grew up in what should be the last decades of the Austro Hu