The journey of a German professor to Eldorado, California.

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The journey of a German professor to Eldorado, California.

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This is an amusing, highly idiosyncratic view of Boltzmann's visit to the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University, focussing mainly on Boltzmann's impressions of American culture. Includes a description of his visit to Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton and dinner with Mrs. Rudolph Hearst.

10 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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