Ludwig Boltzmann
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Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (February 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906) was an Austrian physicist famous for his founding contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics. He was one of the most important advocates for atomic theory when that scientific model was still highly controversial.
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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
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- Eleganz sei die Sache der Schuster und Schneider
- Elegance should be left to shoemakers and tailors
- reported by Arnold Berliner, Curt Thesing (1946). Die Naturwissenschaften. Springer-Verlag. p. 36.
- also reported by Albert Einstein, translation by Robert W Lawson (1921). Relativity. Plain Label Books. p. preface. ISBN 1-603-03164-2.
- Elegance should be left to shoemakers and tailors
