Boltzmann

American  

[bawlts-mahn, bohlts-muhn] / ˈbɔltsˌmɑn, ˈboʊlts mən /

noun

1. Ludwig 1844–1906, Austrian physicist.

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Boltzmann British  

/ ˈbɔltsman /

noun

1. Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1844–1906, Austrian physicist. He established the principle of the equipartition of energy and developed the kinetic theory of gases with J. C. Maxwell

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Boltzmann Scientific  

/ bôlts′män′ /

1. Austrian physicist who developed statistical mechanics, the branch of physics that explains how the properties of atoms (such as mass and structure) determine the visible properties of matter (such as viscosity and heat conduction). Through his investigations of thermodynamics, Boltzmann developed numerous theories about the laws governing atomic motion and energy.

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Their work connects the Boltzmann brain hypothesis, the second law of thermodynamics, and the related "past hypothesis," which assumes the universe began in a state of low entropy.

From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026

The four will be based on Planck's constant, the elementary charge, the Boltzmann constant and the Avogadro constant, respectively.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 29, 2018

Rovelli gives good descriptions of the classical physics of Newton and Ludwig Boltzmann, and of modern physics through the lenses of Einstein and quantum mechanics.

From Nature ● Apr. 15, 2018

Well, no, thermodynamics was developed by men like Carnot, Clausius, Maxwell, Boltzmann and Gibbs—again, academics not steam mechanics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2015

Willard Gibbs and Boltzmann later on developed this idea, and have founded a statistical method which does not, perhaps, give absolute certainty, but which is certainly most interesting and curious.

From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincaré