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minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up232·1 month ago Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906, by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on his work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics.
minus-squareHorikBrun@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up56·1 month agoBest non-fiction opening that sounds like a threat.
minus-squarePringles@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-21 month agoWait, I read this! Can’t remember the name of the book right now though. Edit: Ok, I remember it from a screenshot in a thread about cheeky textbooks
minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month agoYeah, it’s an oldie. Fun fact, Boltzmann hung himself while Ehrenfest shot his 15 year old son and then himself.
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·edit-21 month ago Fun fact, You and I go to different parties
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·30 days agoThis one tops my list, probably followed by the opening to hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy.
Best non-fiction opening that sounds like a threat.
Wait, I read this! Can’t remember the name of the book right now though.
Edit: Ok, I remember it from a screenshot in a thread about cheeky textbooks
Yeah, it’s an oldie.
Fun fact, Boltzmann hung himself while Ehrenfest shot his 15 year old son and then himself.
You and I go to different parties
Came looking for this, thanks
This one tops my list, probably followed by the opening to hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy.