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Ludwig Boltzmann Quotes

1844–1906 Austria

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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O! immodest mortal! Your destiny is the joy of watching the evershifting battle!

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Which is more remarkable fact about America: that millionaires are idealists or idealists become millionaires.

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Elegance should be left to shoemakers and tailors

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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.

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The most ordinary things are to philosophy a source of insoluble puzzles. With infinite ingenuity it constructs a concept of space or time and then finds it absolutely impossible that there be objects in this space or that processes occur during this time.... the source of this kind of logic lies in excessive confidence in the so-called laws of thought.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ludwig Boltzmann (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.