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Ludwig Boltzmann

The Austrian who explained heat and entropy by counting atoms: statistical mechanics, the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution, S = k log W on his tombstone, the arrow of time, and his tragic fight to prove atoms exist.

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Prereqs: Heat & thermodynamics; James Clerk Maxwell. Next: Bohr; Einstein. Sources: Carlo Cercignani, *Ludwig Boltzmann: The Man Who Trusted Atoms* (1998); Kathy Loves Physics history videos.
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