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  1. 1844-1906. Austrian physicist who studied the
  2. kinetic theory of gases, which explains the
  3. properties of gases by reference to the
  4. motion of their
  5. constituent atoms and molecules. He derived a
  6. formula, the Boltzmann distribution, which
  7. gives the number of atoms or molecules with a
  8. given energy at a specific temperature. The
  9. constant in the formula is called the
  10. Boltzmann constant.
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