This is a brief scientific biography of Boltzmann, including the vicissitudes of his uncommon life and the principal developments of his works about the kinetic-molecular theory. Boltzmann was a man of broad culture with many interests in literature, poetry, music, mathematics, philosophy, technology, pedagogy, and more; he was a man of action, an efficient administrator, a caring husband and father, a thoughtful colleague, an inborn teacher, and a joyous, humorous companion in informal circumstances. Of these many facets of Boltzmann’s personality, this chapter will examine reflections in the theory that made him most famous.
Derivation of epsilon (e) and pi (Π) from the kinetic molecular theory of matter
