1.1 INTRODUCTION: THERMODYNAMICS AND STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF THE PERFECT GAS Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906, his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, c

1.1 INTRODUCTION: THERMODYNAMICS AND
STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF THE
PERFECT GAS
Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying
statistical mechanics, died in 1906, his own hand. Paul
Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is
our turn to study statistical mechanics.