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.

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Ludwig Boltzmann canonical	40
Boltzmann	1
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann	1

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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	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austria-Hungary Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austrian Empire
countryOfBirth	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austrian Empire
countryOfDeath	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austria-Hungary
dateOfBirth	1844-02-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1906-09-05 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Josef Stefan ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Vienna ⓘ
employer	University of Graz ⓘ University of Leipzig ⓘ Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ⓘ surface form: University of Munich University of Vienna ⓘ
era	19th-century physics ⓘ early 20th-century physics ⓘ
familyName	Ludwig Boltzmann self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Boltzmann
fieldOfWork	kinetic theory of gases ⓘ physics ⓘ statistical mechanics ⓘ thermodynamics ⓘ
fullName	Ludwig Boltzmann self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann
givenName	Ludwig ⓘ
hasEquationNamedAfter	Boltzmann equation ⓘ
hasFormulaOnTombstone	S = k \, \n ln W ⓘ
hasSymbolNamedAfter	Boltzmann constant ⓘ surface form: Boltzmann constant k
influenced	Albert Einstein ⓘ Max Planck ⓘ statistical physics ⓘ
influencedBy	James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ Rudolf Clausius ⓘ
knownFor	Boltzmann constant ⓘ Boltzmann–Gibbs entropy in statistical mechanics ⓘ surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat → associatedWithScientist → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Humboldt University of Berlin → hasNotableAlumni → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Marian Smoluchowski → influencedBy → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics → developedBy → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Boltzmann constant → namedAfter → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Ludwig Boltzmann → name → Ludwig Boltzmann self-link ⓘ

Ludwig Boltzmann → fullName → Ludwig Boltzmann self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann

Ludwig Boltzmann → familyName → Ludwig Boltzmann self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boltzmann

Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases → influenced → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Hendrik Lorentz → influencedBy → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Rumford Medal → notableRecipient → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Lise Meitner → academicAdvisor → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Philipp Frank → academicAdvisor → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Philipp Frank → influencedBy → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Stefan–Boltzmann law → derivedBy → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Stefan–Boltzmann law → namedAfter → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Boltzmann–Gibbs entropy in statistical mechanics → namedAfter → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

subject surface form: Boltzmann–Gibbs entropy

Boltzmann equation → namedAfter → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Lord Kelvin → influenced → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Boltzmann distribution → namedAfter → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

statistical physics → associatedWith → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

equipartition theorem → historicallyAttributedTo → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

k_B → namedAfter → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

H-theorem → author → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Josef Stefan → influenced → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Josef Stefan → notableStudent → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Rudolf Clausius → influenced → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Henriette von Aigentler → spouse → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Henriette von Aigentler → partnerOf → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Henriette von Aigentler → spouseName → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

University of Graz → notableAlumnus → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

University of Graz → notableFaculty → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Eric D. Schneider → influencedBy → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Stefan–Boltzmann constant → namedAfter → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Stefan–Boltzmann constant → relatedLawDerivedBy → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

James Jeans → influencedBy → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Boltzmann collision operator → namedAfter → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Boltzmann–BGK equation → namedAfter → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Wilhelm Blaschke → doctoralAdvisor → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Graz University of Technology → hasNotableFaculty → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

kinetic theory of gases → historicalDevelopmentBy → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ

Boltzmann–Kac equation → namedAfter → Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ