Footnotes to the history of statistical mechanics: In Boltzmann's words

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 389, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2898-2901

  Swendsen, Robert H ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy

Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHIES; ENTROPY;

BOLTZMANN;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 79952606764     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2010.01.023     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. C. Cercignani, Ludwig Boltzmann: The Man Who Trusted Atoms, Oxford, 1998.
2. L. Boltzmann, Populäre Schriften, Barth, Leipzig, 1905.
3. D. Flamm (Ed.), Hochgeehrter Herr Professor! / Heiss geliebter Louis!/ Ludwig Boltzmann/ Henriette von Aigentler/ Briefwechsel, Böhlau Verlag, Wien, 1995, The title of the book combines salutations from Henriette's letters before and after they became engaged.
4. L. Boltzmann, Wien. Ber. 76 (1877) 373-435.
5. R.H. Swendsen, Amer. J. Phys. 74 (2006) 187-190.
6. R.H. Swendsen, J. Stat. Phys. 107 (2002) 1143-1166.
7. R.H. Swendsen, Entropy 10 (2008) 15-18.
8. D. Lindley, Boltzmann's Atom, Free Press, New York, 2001, p. 52. Lindley quotes Franz Streintz, Arnold Sommerfeld, and Clemens Schaefer as attributing this remark to Boltzmann.