Anybody who loves statistical mechanics has surely heard of Jaynes.
Unfortunately, those who like statistical mechanics seem few and far between. :(
Unfortunately, those who like statistical mechanics seem few and far between. :(
“Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906, by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics.”
David L. Goodstein, States of Matter