Boltzmann was the centre of a scientific revolution, and he has been proved right on many crucial issues. He anticipated Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions and proposed a theory of knowledge based on Darwin. His basic results, when properly understood, can also be stated as mathematical theorems. Some of these have been proved; others are still at the level of likely but unproven conjectures. The main text of this biography is written almost entirely without equations. Mathematical appendices deepen knowledge of some technical aspects of the subject.
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Boltzmann was the centre of a scientific revolution, and he has been proved right on many crucial issues. He anticipated Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions and proposed a theory of knowledge based on Darwin. His basic results, when properly understood, can also be stated as mathematical theorems. Some of these have been proved; others are still at the level of likely but unproven conjectures. The main text of this biography is written almost entirely without equations. Mathematical appendices deepen knowledge of some technical aspects of the subject.
Imprint | Clarendon Press |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | October 1998 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | December 1998 |
Authors | Carlo Cercignani |
Dimensions | 242 x 162 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 348 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-850154-1 |
Barcode | 9780198501541 |
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LSN | 0-19-850154-4 |