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Updated 2 December 2023
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87. Ludwig Boltzmann – The Genius of Disorder (2007)

The engaging story and personal struggle of Boltzmann, set against the intellectual climate of nineteenth-century Vienna. Boltzmann’s suggestion to explain thermodynamics by using statistical methods went against the long-standing trend of assuming absolute fixed laws. (57 minutes.)

A production of SISSA (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati). More info here.