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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...

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Autor principal: Johnson, Eric
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: The MIT Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2320355

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