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Anxiety and the Equation

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Anxiety and the Equation

By Eric Johnson

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About the book

A man and his equation: the anxiety-plagued nineteenth-century physicist who contributed significantly to our understanding of the second law of thermodynamics.Ludwig Boltzmann's grave in Vienna's Central Cemetery bears a cryptic epitaph: S = k log W. This equation was Boltzmann's great discovery, and it contributed significantly to our understanding of the second law of thermodynamics. In Anxiety and the Equation, Eric Johnson tells the story of a man and his equation: the anxiety-plagued ninet...Show more

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9780262038614

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MIT Press Ltd

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2018

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Anxiety and the Equation

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