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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This unsettling idea is what defines the Boltzmann brain hypothesis.

From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026

Postscript: Thanks to physicist Richard Gaylord for sending me the Boltzmann lecture and other materials related to theoretical pluralism and encouraging me to write about it.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2019

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

The present condition of the molecular theory of gases, and of molecular science generally, is due almost entirely to the work of Joule, Clausius, Boltzmann, and Maxwell.

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William