Anxiety and the Equation

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863799Anxiety and the Equationhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/8c225841-7394-3f99-b70c-48714044b79c/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1294926/e1382cb5-78ae-434c-ba06-585a765c0631.jpg?v=638337808341730000557774MXNMIT PressInStock/Ebooks/A man and his equation: the anxiety-plagued nineteenth-century physicist who contributed significantly to our understanding of the second law of thermodynamics.Ludwig Boltzmanns grave in Viennas Central Cemetery bears a cryptic epitaph: S k log W. This equation was Boltzmanns 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 nineteenth-century physicist who did his most important work as he struggled with mental illness.Johnson explains that S in Boltzmanns equation refers to entropy, and that entropy is the central quantity in the second law of thermodynamics. The second law is always on, running in the background of our lives, providing a way to differentiate between past and future. We know that the future will be a state of higher entropy than the past, and we have Boltzmann to thank for discovering the equation that underlies that fundamental trend. Johnson, accessibly and engagingly, reassembles Boltzmanns equation from its various components and presents episodes from Boltzmanns lifebeginning at the end, with Boltzmann Kills Himself and Boltzmann Is Buried (Not Once, But Twice). Johnson explains the second law in simple terms, introduces key concepts through thought experiments, and explores Boltzmanns work. He argues that Boltzmann, diagnosed by his contemporaries as neurasthenic, suffered from an anxiety disorder. He was, says Johnson, a man of reason who suffered from irrational concerns about his work, worrying especially about opposition from the scientific establishment of the day.Johnsons clear and concise explanations will acquaint the nonspecialist reader with such seemingly esoteric concepts as microstates, macrostates, fluctuations, the distribution of energy, log functions, and equilibrium. He describes Boltzmanns relationships with other scientists, including Max Planck and Henri Poincaré, and, finally, imagines an alternative ending, in which Boltzmann lived on and died of natural causes....860762Anxiety and the Equation557774https://www.gandhi.com.mx/8c225841-7394-3f99-b70c-48714044b79c/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1294926/e1382cb5-78ae-434c-ba06-585a765c0631.jpg?v=638337808341730000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20189780262348546_W3siaWQiOiI5ODhiNGJlMS1iYzJiLTRiNzEtYWVlMi0xYzE2ZWZiYTA3NmIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjc3NCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjIxNywic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo1NTcsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI1LTA3LTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9780262348546_A man and his equation: the anxiety-plagued nineteenth-century physicist who contributed significantly to our understanding of the second law of thermodynamics.Ludwig Boltzmanns grave in Viennas Central Cemetery bears a cryptic epitaph: S k log W. This equation was Boltzmanns 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 nineteenth-century physicist who did his most important work as he struggled with mental illness.Johnson explains that S in Boltzmanns equation refers to entropy, and that entropy is the central quantity in the second law of thermodynamics. The second law is always on, running in the background of our lives, providing a way to differentiate between past and future. We know that the future will be a state of higher entropy than the past, and we have Boltzmann to thank for discovering the equation that underlies that fundamental trend. Johnson, accessibly and engagingly, reassembles Boltzmanns equation from its various components and presents episodes from Boltzmanns lifebeginning at the end, with Boltzmann Kills Himself and Boltzmann Is Buried (Not Once, But Twice). Johnson explains the second law in simple terms, introduces key concepts through thought experiments, and explores Boltzmanns work. He argues that Boltzmann, diagnosed by his contemporaries as neurasthenic, suffered from an anxiety disorder. He was, says Johnson, a man of reason who suffered from irrational concerns about his work, worrying especially about opposition from the scientific establishment of the day.Johnsons clear and concise explanations will acquaint the nonspecialist reader with such seemingly esoteric concepts as microstates, macrostates, fluctuations, the distribution of energy, log functions, and equilibrium. He describes Boltzmanns relationships with other scientists, including Max Planck and Henri Poincaré, and, finally, imagines an alternative ending, in which Boltzmann lived on and died of natural causes.(*_*)9780262348546_A man and his equation: the anxiety-plagued nineteenth-century physicist who contributed significantly to our understanding of the second law of thermodynamics.Ludwig Boltzmanns grave in Viennas Central Cemetery bears a cryptic epitaph: S k log W. This equation was Boltzmanns 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 nineteenth-century physicist who did his most important work as he struggled with mental illness.Johnson explains that S in Boltzmanns equation refers to entropy, and that entropy is the central quantity in the second law of thermodynamics. The second law is always on, running in the background of our lives, providing a way to differentiate between past and future. We know that the future will be a state of higher entropy than the past, and we have Boltzmann to thank for discovering the equation that underlies that fundamental trend. Johnson, accessibly and engagingly, reassembles Boltzmanns equation from its various components and presents episodes from Boltzmanns lifebeginning at the end, with Boltzmann Kills Himself and Boltzmann Is Buried (Not Once, But Twice). Johnson explains the second law in simple terms, introduces key concepts through thought experiments, and explores Boltzmanns work. He argues that Boltzmann, diagnosed by his contemporaries as neurasthenic, suffered from an anxiety disorder. He was, says Johnson, a man of reason who suffered from irrational concerns about his work, worrying especially about opposition from the scientific establishment of the day.Johnsons clear and concise explanations will acquaint the nonspecialist reader with such seemingly esoteric concepts as microstates, macrostates, fluctuations, the distribution of energy, log functions, and equilibrium. He describes Boltzmanns relationships with other scientists, including Max Planck and Henri Poincaré, and, finally, imagines an alternative ending, in which Boltzmann lived on and died of natural causes....9780262348546_MIT Presslibro_electonico_8c225841-7394-3f99-b70c-48714044b79c_9780262348546;9780262348546_9780262348546Eric JohnsonInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/randomhousewh-epub-de653019-7e13-4cd7-98ce-9693803d74b2.epub2018-10-23T00:00:00+00:00MIT Press