Ludwig Boltzmann
Ludwig Boltzmann
Ludwig Boltzmann
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Ludwig Boltzmann Science
an Austrian physicist and philosopher whose greatest achievements were the development of statistical mechanics, and the statistical explanation of the second law of thermodynamics
Born
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann 20 February 1844 Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died
5 September 1906 (aged 62) Tybein, Triest, Austria-Hungary
Known for
Boltzmann brain Boltzmann's entropy formula Boltzmann constant Boltzmann equation Boltzmann distribution Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution Stefan–Boltzmann constant Stefan–Boltzmann law Maxwell-Boltzmann
Fields
Physics
Alma mater
University of Vienna
Awards
ForMemRS (1899)
Institutions
University of Graz University of Vienna University of Munich University of Leipzig
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Austria
Doctoral advisor
Josef Stefan
Doctoral students
Paul Ehrenfest Philipp Frank Gustav Herglotz Franc Hočevar Ignacij Klemenčič
era
1800+
Other academic advisors
Robert Bunsen Leo Königsberger Gustav Kirchhoff Hermann von Helmholtz
Other notable students
Lise Meitner Stefan Meyer