Who is Boltzmann, Coulomb, and Avogadro?

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The discussion revolves around the historical figures Ludwig Boltzmann, Charles Coulomb, and Amadeo Avogadro, with participants expressing varying opinions on their contributions to physics and the treatment of Boltzmann in particular. The scope includes historical perspectives and personal reflections on the state of physics.

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  • Garry Denke presents a detailed list of universal base unit values attributed to Max Planck and Albert Einstein, alongside constants related to Boltzmann, Coulomb, and Avogadro.
  • Garry Denke asks specific questions about the identities and contributions of Boltzmann, Coulomb, and Avogadro.
  • rbj expresses disdain for Denke's detailed post, suggesting that the information is unhelpful and implying that basic searches could yield better results.
  • Garry Denke responds to rbj's comment by reflecting on Boltzmann's tragic fate and questioning the current state of physicists' knowledge.
  • Daniel comments on the unfair treatment of Boltzmann, attributing some of the issues to Poincaré's mathematical results that contradicted Boltzmann's ideas about irreversibility.
  • Another participant challenges Garry Denke's assertion about physicists' ignorance, defending the knowledge of 19th-century physicists and criticizing Denke's understanding of the subject.

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There is no consensus on the questions raised about the historical figures, and participants express differing views on the treatment of Boltzmann and the knowledge of physicists in the past compared to the present.

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The discussion includes personal opinions and emotional responses, which may reflect individual biases rather than objective assessments of historical figures or their contributions.

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According to Max Planck :

Planck's seven (7) primary universal base unit values
1) Planck intensity : (bar-hG/c^5)^1/2/sr = 7.8672231(80) x 10^-46 cd
2) Planck time : (bar-hG/c^5)^1/2 = 5.3904639(43) x 10^-44 s
3) Planck length : (bar-hG/c^3)^1/2 = 1.6160204(35) x 10^-35 m
4) Planck substance : (bar-hc/G)^1/2/M = 6.6245916(02) x 10^-28 kmol
5) Planck mass : (bar-hc/G)^1/2 = 2.1767500(08) x 10^-8 kg
6) Planck current : e/(bar-hG/c^5)^1/2 = 2.9722423(67) x 10^24 A
7) Planck temperature : (bar-hc^5/G)^1/2/k = 1.4169882(01) x 10^32 K

According to Albert Einstein :

Einstein's seven (7) primary universal base unit values
1) Einstein intensity : (hG/c^5)^1/2/sr = 1.9720204(06) x 10^-45 cd
2) Einstein time : (hG/c^5)^1/2 = 1.3511889(33) x 10^-43 s
3) Einstein length : (hG/c^3)^1/2 = 4.0507625(15) x 10^-35 m
4) Einstein substance : (hc/G)^1/2/M = 1.6605388(62) x 10^-27 kmol
5) Einstein mass : (hc/G)^1/2 = 5.4563031(18) x 10^-8 kg
6) Einstein current : e/(hG/c^5)^1/2 = 1.1857531(48) x 10^24 A
7) Einstein temperature : (hc^5/G)^1/2/k = 3.5518626(92) x 10^32 K

According to Planck & Einstein :

Planck & Einstein's two (2) primary universal base angles
1) Einstein relative permeability : steradian = 6.8517999(55) x 10^1 sr
2) Planck inverse fine-structure : radian = 1.3703599(91) x 10^2 rad

According to Einstein & Planck :

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/

Planck h/2pi : bar-h = 1.0545716(84) x 10^-34 kg-m^2/s
Planck constant : h = 6.6260693(11) x 10^-34 kg-m^2/s
Boltzmann constant : k = 1.3806504(11) x 10^-23 kg-m^2/s^2-K
Coulomb elementary charge : e = 1.6021765(31) x 10^-19 A-s
Newton constant : G = 6.6723635(22) x 10^-11 m^3/kg-s^2
Einstein relative permeability : steradian = 6.8517999(55) x 10^1 sr
Einstein speed of light in vacuum : c = 2.99792458 x 10^8 m/s
Avogadro molar mass : M = 3.2858629(47) x 10^19 kg/kmol

Question #1 : Who is Ludwig Boltzmann?
Question #2 : Who is Charles Coulomb?
Question #3 : Who is Amadeo Avogadro?

Thanks for helping,

Garry Denke
 
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Garry Denke said:

Question #1 : Who is Ludwig Boltzmann?
Question #2 : Who is Charles Coulomb?
Question #3 : Who is Amadeo Avogadro?

i guess there's Google or wikipedia. everything else you typed looks like garbage to me.

r b-j
 
rbj said:
i guess there's Google or wikipedia. everything else you typed looks like garbage to me.
Thanks for helping rbj. It's sad Boltzmann killed himself.
Is it true physicists are as ignorant as they were then?

Garry Denke
 
They were awfully unfair to the great Ludwig Boltzmann.It wasn't Poincaré's fault.Poincaré's result was purely math,even though it demolished Boltzmann's conceptions about irreversibility.

Daniel.
 
Garry Denke said:
Is it true physicists are as ignorant as they were then?
What kind of moronic question is this??
I would hardly call any of the leading physicist in the 19th century ignorant
And they certainly knew and understood a lot more physics than you have evidenced that you do.
 

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