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If this be so—and hardly any physicist will contradict this—then neither the Theory of Gases nor any other physical theory can be quite a congruent a… - Ludwig Boltzmann
" "If this be so—and hardly any physicist will contradict this—then neither the Theory of Gases nor any other physical theory can be quite a congruent account of facts, and I cannot hope with Mr. Burbury, that Mr. Bryan will be able to deduce all the phenomena of spectroscopy from the electromagnetic theory of light. Certainly, therefore, Hertz is right when he says: "The rigour of science requires, that we distinguish well the undraped figure of nature itself from the gay-coloured vesture with which we clothe it at our pleasure." But I think the predilection for nudity would be carried too far if we were to forego every hypothesis. Only we must not demand too much from hypotheses.
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Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (February 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher 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 which was still highly controversial.
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Wie ohnmächtig der Einzelne gegen Zeitströmungen bleibt, ist mir bewusst. Um aber doch, was in meinen Kräften steht, dazu beizutragen, dass, wenn man wieder zur Gastheorie zurückgreift, nicht allzuviel noch einmal entdeckt werden muss, nahm ich in das vorliegende Buch nun auch die schwierigsten, dem Missverständnisse am meisten ausgesetzten Theile der Gastheorie auf und versuchte davon wenigstens in den Grundlinien eine möglichst leicht verständliche Darstellung zu geben.
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I am conscious of being only an individual struggling weakly against the stream of time. But it still remains in my power to contribute in such a way that, when the theory of gases is again revived, not too much will have to be rediscovered. Thus in this book [this Part] I will now include the parts that are the most difficult and most subject to misunderstanding, and give (at least in outline) the most easily understood exposition of them.
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