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Quantum analog of Boltzmann entropy?
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[QUOTE="Demystifier, post: 6866117, member: 61953"] Just look at the history of statistical mechanics. How can Boltzmann hypothesis that thermodynamics arises from motion of invisible atoms possibly add explanatory power? At that time (late 19th century) there was no direct evidence for the existence of atoms, and Mach indeed argued that Boltzmann statistical mechanics based on assumption of atoms was a nonsense. It was Einstein in early 20th century (1905) who finally convinced physicists that atoms actually exist, by explaining the Brownian motion from the assumption of atoms. [/QUOTE]
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