Boltzmann Machine - What is Boltzmann famous for?

Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann was a philosopher and physicist from Austria. His German pronunciation was [ˈluːtvɪç ˈbɔltɡsman]. He was born on February 20, 1844, and passed away on September 5, 1906. Statistical mechanics and the statistical interpretation of the second law of thermodynamics were his crowning achievements.