Ludwig Boltzmann
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Physicist who made key insights into entropy, proposing that heat flow from cold to hot is improbable but not impossible, and that the behavior of systems is governed by probability.
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Videos Mentioning Ludwig Boltzmann
Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics | Lex Fridman Podcast #359
Lex Fridman
Physicist whose foundational work in statistical mechanics is connected to the concept of information and entropy, and whose central equations are sometimes compared to Hawking's.
Sean Carroll: Quantum Mechanics and the Many-Worlds Interpretation | Lex Fridman Podcast #47
Lex Fridman
A physicist known for his work on statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, who believed in the existence of atoms when it was not widely accepted.
The Most Misunderstood Concept in Physics
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Physicist who made key insights into entropy, proposing that heat flow from cold to hot is improbable but not impossible, and that the behavior of systems is governed by probability.