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I highly recommend Boltzmann’s Atom: The Great Debate That Launched A Revolution In Physics by David Lindley https://a.co/d/09NAAXnn (not affiliated with Amazon)
Watch my interview with Geoffrey Hinton: https://youtu.be/ISc6tWQ6XOc
Chapters:
0:00 The Invisible World of Atoms
1:18 Maxwell and Molecules
1:54 Boltzmann’s Equation & H-Theorem
2:39 The Problem Boltzmann Couldn’t Ignore
3:36 Boltzmann’s Theory of Entropy
5:17 Boltzmann Is Attacked
6:28 A New Age of Physics
6:53 Boltzmann Begins to Unravel
8:35 Einstein’s Breakthrough
9:25 Boltzmann’s Final Journey
10:45 Boltzmann is Vindicated
11:00 The Foundation of Modern AI
11:23 Protect Yourself Online with NordVPN
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Sources:
Former Boltzmann residence, photo by Henry Lee: https://fotoeins.com/2024/02/05/vienna-ludwigboltzmann/
Viennese Academy of Sciences building photographed by: Peter Haas, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Loschmidt tombstone: Lewinstein, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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