The joys and tortures of Ludwig Boltzmann, or permanence of a chance. Part III: boltzmanniad

Part III: Boltzmanniad. The triumph and tragedy of Ludwig Boltzmann, romantic thoughts, the luminary of physics and man for all time, are embodied in the cataclysms of science and the end of the world of the 19th - early 20th century. The stages of great paths in science and life are traced with signs of suicidal behavior ripening for years against the background of cumulation of chronic mental and somatic damage, a vicious circle of multiplying psychosocial distress. Mutual devotion to family and purpose (creativity) served as protective (anti-suicidal) factors and brightened up the darkest days. If possible, it is appropriate to identify the personalities of contemporaries, biographers, excerpts from the letters and speeches of Professor Boltzmann, emphasizing the incarnations of a unique personality: the subverter of dogma and condemnation, the rebel-demon of the most tender quivering soul and the passion-bearer.