Ludwig Boltzmann Quotes

Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann was an Austrian physicist and philosopher whose greatest achievement was in the development of statistical mechanics, which explains and predicts how the properties of atoms determine the physical properties of matter .



✵ 20. February 1844 – 5. September 1906   •   Other names Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann
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Famous Ludwig Boltzmann Quotes

“Elegance should be left to shoemakers and tailors”

Eleganz sei die Sache der Schuster und Schneider
reported by [Arnold Berliner, Curt Thesing, Die Naturwissenschaften, Springer-Verlag, 1946, 36]
also reported by [Albert Einstein, translation by Robert W. Lawson, Relativity, Plain Label Books, 1921, 1-603-03164-2, preface]
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“Which is more remarkable fact about America: that millionaires are idealists or idealists become millionaires.”

S. Rajasekar, N.Athavan, "Ludwig Edward Boltzmann"
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“O! immodest mortal! Your destiny is the joy of watching the evershifting battle!”

S. Rajasekar, N.Athavan, " Ludwig Edward Boltzmann http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0609047" (7 September 2006), arXiv:physics/0609047v1 [physics.hist-ph]
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Ludwig Boltzmann Quotes

“In my view all salvation for philosophy may be expected to come from Darwin's theory”

"Theoretical Physics and Philosophical Problems, Selected Writings", Ludwig Boltzmann, ed. B. McGuinness, 1974, p. 193

“Available energy is the main object at stake in the struggle for existence and the evolution of the world.”

S. Rajasekar, N.Athavan, "Ludwig Edward Boltzmann"
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“Who sees the future? Let us have free scope for all directions of research; away with dogmatism, either atomistic or anti-atomistic!”

"Lectures on Gas Theory", translated by Stephen George Brush (1971), p. 26

“Bring forward what is true, Write it so that it is clear, Defend it to your last breath!”

S. Rajasekar, N.Athavan, "Ludwig Edward Boltzmann"
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