Ludwig Boltzmann

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Austrian person human physicist theoretical physicist university teacher

Ludwig Boltzmann was an Austrian physicist and one of the founders of statistical mechanics, whose work established the statistical nature of thermodynamics and the microscopic interpretation of entropy.

Aliases (2)

Boltzmann ×1
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann ×1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austrian person → human → physicist → theoretical physicist → university teacher →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
almaMater	University of Vienna →
burialPlace	Vienna Central Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	suicide →
citizenship	Austria-Hungary → Austrian Empire →
countryOfBirth	Austrian Empire →
countryOfDeath	Austria-Hungary →
dateOfBirth	1844-02-20 →
dateOfDeath	1906-09-05 →
doctoralAdvisor	Josef Stefan →
educatedAt	University of Vienna →
employer	University of Graz → University of Leipzig → University of Munich → University of Vienna →
era	19th-century physics → early 20th-century physics →
familyName	Boltzmann →
fieldOfWork	kinetic theory of gases → physics → statistical mechanics → thermodynamics →
fullName	Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann →
givenName	Ludwig →
hasEquationNamedAfter	Boltzmann equation →
hasFormulaOnTombstone	S = k \, \n ln W →
hasSymbolNamedAfter	Boltzmann constant k →
influenced	Albert Einstein → Max Planck → statistical physics →
influencedBy	James Clerk Maxwell → Rudolf Clausius →
knownFor	Boltzmann constant → Boltzmann entropy formula → Boltzmann equation → foundations of statistical mechanics → kinetic theory of gases → microscopic interpretation of entropy → statistical interpretation of the second law of thermodynamics →
languageOfWorkOrName	German →
name	Ludwig Boltzmann →
nationality	Austrian →
notableIdea	Boltzmann distribution → H-theorem → molecular chaos hypothesis →
numberOfChildren	5 →
placeOfBirth	Vienna →
placeOfDeath	Duino →
positionHeld	professor of mathematical physics → professor of theoretical physics →
religion	Lutheranism →
spouse	Henriette von Aigentler →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Boltzmann constant → Boltzmann distribution → Boltzmann equation → Boltzmann–Gibbs entropy → Stefan–Boltzmann law → k_B →	namedAfter
Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases → Josef Stefan → Lord Kelvin → Rudolf Clausius →	influenced
Hendrik Lorentz → Marian Smoluchowski → Philipp Frank →	influencedBy
Lise Meitner → Philipp Frank →	academicAdvisor
statistical physics →	associatedWith
On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat →	associatedWithScientist
H-theorem →	author
Stefan–Boltzmann law →	derivedBy
Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics →	developedBy
Ludwig Boltzmann ("Boltzmann") →	familyName
Ludwig Boltzmann ("Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann") →	fullName
Humboldt University of Berlin →	hasNotableAlumni
equipartition theorem →	historicallyAttributedTo
Ludwig Boltzmann →	name
University of Graz →	notableAlumnus
University of Graz →	notableFaculty
Rumford Medal →	notableRecipient
Josef Stefan →	notableStudent
Henriette von Aigentler →	partnerOf
Henriette von Aigentler →	spouse
Henriette von Aigentler →	spouseName