Elengul Silnar (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} elengul) wrote in pneumatik, |
That is pretty hardcore. I told this to my office-mate, and the guy next door over heard and added some stuff to this story. It wasn't that Boltzmann couldn't convince his colleagues he was correct, a lot of them actively and publicly ridiculed him for his theories.
The truly sad thing is that, when he killed himself, Einstein had just read some of his work, thought it was brilliant, and was preparing to contact him. If he had held on another couple of months, he would have been completely vindicated.
The truly sad thing is that, when he killed himself, Einstein had just read some of his work, thought it was brilliant, and was preparing to contact him. If he had held on another couple of months, he would have been completely vindicated.
