In doing so he had to reject his belief that the second law of thermodynamics was an absolute law of nature, and accept Boltzmann 's interpretation that it was a statistical law.
Sa paggawa nito niya upang tanggihan ang kanyang paniniwala na ang ikalawang batas ng termodinamika ay isang absolute na batas ng kalikasan, at tanggapin Boltzmann 's interpretasyon na ito ay isang statistical batas.