"Boltzmann stands as a link between... James Clerk Maxwell... and Albert Einstein... Maxwell... first found the formula for the probability distribution of velocities of particles in a gas in equilibrium... but... Boltzmann... derived the equation governing the dynamical evolution of the probability distribution, according to which the state of a gas, not necessarily in equilibrium, will... change. Boltzmann's ideas were central to... Planck's... analysis of black body radiation... in which he introduced the quantum of action, thereby... the quantum revolution. In 1905 Einstein... developed it further (...showing that the "atomic hypothesis" applied even to light ..!) but was also influenced by Boltzmann's concepts in two... papers of 1905, one... a method of determining molecular dimensions and the other... explained... ... Both gave enormous support to the "atomic hypothesis"..."
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Ludwig Boltzmann
1844 – 1906
österreichischer Physiker und Philosoph
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