Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906 by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on… — David Goodstein Copy Share Image
After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my statistical mechanics class brought to my attention… — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
Bose-Einstein condensation is one of the most intriguing phenomena predicted by quantum statistical mechanics. — Wolfgang Ketterle Copy Share Image
Willard Gibbs did for statistical mechanics and for thermodynamics what Laplace did for celestial mechanics and Maxwell did for electrodynamics, namely, made… — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
“This irrelevance of molecular arrangements for macroscopic results has given rise to the tendency to confine physics and chemistry to the study… — Walter M. Elsasser Copy Share Image
“He had made a discovery of the first magnitude. It opened up an entirely new approach to physics, which led to statistical… — Basil Mahon Copy Share Image
