Boltzmann: Why do bedrooms always become untidy?
Proposals for the content of the presentation
 Boltzmann's path towards his field of research (in science and society)
 Scientific and philosophical reception of his work
 Boltzman and the meaning of entropy: why do bedrooms become
untidy?
 What is written on his tombstone and why?
 Kinetic gas theory
 Stefan-Boltzmann law and Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
 An example in materials science:
 Lattice Boltzmann methods in materials science.
 Boltzman and the electrical double layer
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Abhandlungen", Vieweg 1982  J. Blackmore, "Ludwig Boltzmann – His Later Life and Philosophy",
Kluwer 1995  Ludwig Boltzmann: The Man Who Trusted Atoms, Oxford U. Press,
1998 von Carlo Cercignani  Boltzmann, Ludwig, 1844-1906, Physics Today 45 (1992), 44- 51.  D. Flamm, Ludwig Boltzmann and his Influence on Science, Stud. Hist.
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 D Raabe, “Overview of the lattice Boltzmann method for nano- and
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 HJ Butt K. Graf, Kapl; Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces, Wiley-VCH
(2006) – p47 etc.
Discussion partner Jan Vermant