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I propose to answer two questions:—
(1) Is the Theory of Gases a true physical theory as valuable as any other physical theory?
(2) What can we demand from any physical theory?

— Ludwig Boltzmann On Certain Questions of the Theory of Gases (1895)

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Who sees the future? Let us have free scope for all directions of research; away with dogmatism, either atomistic or anti-atomistic!

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