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Anxiety and the equation: understanding Boltzmann's entropy
A man and his equation: the anxiety-plagued nineteenth-century physicist who contributed significantly to our understanding of the second law of thermodynamics. Ludwig Boltzmann's grave in Vienna's Central Cemetery bears a cryptic epitaph: S = k log W. This equation was Boltzmann's gr...
Autor principal: | Johnson, Eric |
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Lenguaje: | eng |
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The MIT Press
2018
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Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/2320355 |
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