Boltzmanns Atom Quotes

“It was Boltzmann’s very earnestness in needing to deal with every criticism and contradiction that made him excessively sensitive. He could not distinguish between knife wounds and fleabites. Lise Meitner made the same point: “He may have been wounded by many things a more robust person would hardly have noticed. . . . I believe he was such a powerful teacher just because of his uncommon humanity.”
― David Lindley, Boltzmanns Atom: The Great Debate That Launched A Revolution In Physics