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- Release Year
- 1998
- Book Title
- Ludwig Boltzmann: The Man Who Trusted Atoms
- ISBN
- 9780198501541
- Subject Area
- Biography & Autobiography, Science
- Publication Name
- Ludwig Boltzmann : the Man Who Trusted Atoms
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Subject
- Cultural Heritage, History, Physics / Nuclear, Science & Technology
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Item Weight
- 24 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 348 Pages
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The book presents the life and personality, the scientific and philosophical work of Ludwig Boltzmann, one of the great scientists who marked the passage from 19th to 20th century physics. His rich and tragic life, ending by suicide at the age of 62, is described in detail. A substantial part of the book is devoted to discussing his scientific and philosophical ideas and placing them in the context of the second half of the 19th century. The fact that Boltzmann was the man who did most to establish that there is a microscopic, atomic structure underlying macroscopic bodies is documented, as is Boltzmann's influence on modern physics, especially through the work of Planck on light quanta and of Einstein on Brownian motion. Boltzmann was the centre of a scientific revolution, and he has been proved right on many crucial issues. He anticipated Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions and proposed a theory of knowledge based on Darwin. His basic results, when properly understood, can also be stated as mathematical theorems. Some of these have been proved; others are still at the level of likely but unproven conjectures. The main text of this biography is written almost entirely without equations. Mathematical appendices deepen knowledge of some technical aspects of the subject.
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198501544
ISBN-13
9780198501541
eBay Product ID (ePID)
970244
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Ludwig Boltzmann : the Man Who Trusted Atoms
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Cultural Heritage, History, Physics / Nuclear, Science & Technology
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Science
Number of Pages
348 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Item Weight
24 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
98-017743
Intended Audience
College Audience
Lc Classification Number
Qc16.B64c47 1998
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"Cercignani's book does sterling service in bringing much of Boltzmann's extraordinary achievement to life, and in sketching the ways in which it was indeed linked with the predicaments of his time." London Review of Books, "Cercignani's book does sterling service in bringing much of Boltzmann's extraordinary achievement to life, and in sketching the ways in which it was indeed linked with the predicaments of his time." London Review of Books"This book is not just a biography. the main details of Boltzmann's life are covered in the first chapter. The rest of the book reviews the history and development of ideas associated with Boltzmann's contribution to science.This makes the book a useful source of information on other important fiqures such as Maxwell and Gibbs" The Mathematical Gazette"The author- a theorectical physicist-does much more than simply listing Boltzmann's work. He also considers the historical context, describes the evolution of ideas prior to Boltzmann, discusses and explains Boltzmann's work...and his views on the philosophy of physics its influence on his contemporaries, and the developments initiated by it...both the physics and the mathematics are well presented with the non-specialist in mind" ZentralblattMath" ... the work is generously laced with translated quotations from Boltzmann's German writings and papers ... historians of science will find here a balanced and up-to-date account of this tragic figure, as well as an instructive account of Boltzamnn's philosophy of science." ambix, "This book is not just a biography. the main details of Boltzmann's life are covered in the first chapter. The rest of the book reviews the history and development of ideas associated with Boltzmann's contribution to science.This makes the book a useful source of information on other importantfiqures such as Maxwell and Gibbs" The Mathematical Gazette, ...all will feel rewarded in making the acquaintance through Cercignani's work, of Boltzmann's scientific ideas. Most highly recommended to anyone who claims to be interested in the history of science, and is looking forward to seeking an understanding of Boltzmann and his work in the context of his times. The book is amazingly good value for a paperback version. Current Engineering Practice, 48 05-06/S6, "The author- a theorectical physicist-does much more than simply listing Boltzmann's work. He also considers the historical context, describes the evolution of ideas prior to Boltzmann, discusses and explains Boltzmann's work...and his views on the philosophy of physics its influence on hiscontemporaries, and the developments initiated by it...both the physics and the mathematics are well presented with the non-specialist in mind" Zentralblatt Math, "Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906) is the scientist to whom, more than anyone else, we owe the great conceptual leap that yielded a joint view of mechanics, statistics, radiation and thermodynamics. . . . Boltzmann paid dearly for his vision, in terms of his own psychological stability and mental health, up to his tragic suicide. . . . Boltzmann had a very intense life, dominated by insecurity, academic feuds and a passion for science. He was also a sensitive musician and a lover of nature, with a keen eye for picking out and explaining to his children, for example, evolutionary mechanisms. He would tell them long tales of a great English scientist sailing around the world in a ship called Beagle, and from that explain why foxes have fur, or birds feathers. . . . Cercignani's beautiful book has the merit, first of all, of bringing Boltzmann fully back to life, as a scientist, a philosopher and a poet, thanks to painstaking research."--Nature "While researching the mathematical theory of the Boltzmann equation, Cercignani (theoretical mechanics, Politecnico di Milano) encountered the eclectic thought of this Austrian physicist (1844-1906) who established that an atomic structure underlies macroscopic bodies. This biography covers physics and kinetic theory before Boltzmann; his Darwinian theory of knowledge anticipating Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions; relationship with Maxwell, Planck, and other peers; and influence on modern science. Appends mathematical theorems and models. Includes a chronology, portraits, and diagrams related to his work."--SciTech Book News "Solving the enigma of irreversibility was the great enterprise to which the Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann . . . dedicated his life. . . . Carlo Cercignani's [book] is not about recent developments in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. It may be described briefly as a careful, in-depth discussion of Boltzmann's science and personality and of the world he lived in. . . . Actually, Boltzmann's scientific ideas have retained immediacy because the development of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics has been slow . . . [Cercignani's book] is obviously a work of love, and I would advise the reader to take time going through it. There are, for instance, sensitive descriptions of the intellectual atmosphere of central Europe in the late 19th century. . . . It is refreshing to see the philosophy of science discussed not by a licensed hermeneutician but by a true scientist like Boltzmann, who is able to disregard formal details and go straight to the important ideas."--Physics Today "The text is packed with fascinating aspects of Boltzmann's career. . . . In the 1870's, Boltzmann was, in Cercignani's words, 'also busy with an experimental study on the law that according to the Maxwell picture related the dielectric constant and the refractive index of a given material.' The measurements of the dielectric constant were based on electrical attraction or changes in capacitance. Thus they determined the dielectric constant at zero frequency. The good agreement that Boltzmann found with the refractive index . . . was--in part--a stroke of good luck. (If Boltzmann had tried water, he would have been surprised.) And then there were Boltzmann's travels from one university to another, especially during the 'restless years,' from 1888 to his suicide in 1906. . . . I can recommend the book to anyone wanting to know more about Ludwig Boltzmann, a man who was misunderstood by many of his colleagues and yet highly respected . . ."--American Journal of Physics "This book gives an interesting review of Boltzmann's work and time and the various relationships to other scientists. Boltzmann's equation . . . , Boltzmann's work in statistical mechanics, the problem of polyatomic molecules, and his reflexions on other physical parts are described well. . . . The book contains an appendix, a reference list and a useful index. It is a nice, " ... the work is generously laced with translated quotations from Boltzmann's German writings and papers ... historians of science will find here a balanced and up-to-date account of this tragic figure, as well as an instructive account of Boltzamnn's philosophy of science." ambix, It is valuable, not only for the wealth and scope of information it provides, but for offering an up-to-date view, accessible to all, of the posterity of Boltzmann's scientific ideas.
Table of Content
PrefaceContentsIntroduction1. A short biography of Ludwig Boltzmann2. Physics before Boltzmann3. Kinetic theory before Boltzmann4. The Boltzmann equation5. Time irreversibility and the H-theorem6. Boltzmann's relation and the statistical interpretation of entropy7. Boltzmann, Gibbs and equilibrium statistical mechanics8. The problem of polyatomic molecules9. Boltzmann's contributions to other branches of physics11. Boltzmann and his contemporaries12. The influence of Boltzmann's ideas on the science and technology of the twentieth cneturyEpilogueChronology
Copyright Date
1998
Dewey Decimal
530/.092
Dewey Edition
21
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