Boltzmann and Statistical Mechanics †
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" O! immodest mortal! Your destiny is the joy of watching the evershifting battle! " Ludwig Boltzmann † Lecture given at the International Meeting " Boltzmann's Legacy-150 Years after his Birth " , organized by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 25-28 May 1994, in Rome, to be published in: " Atti dell " Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei " , 1997.
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