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Atoms, mechanics, and probability : Ludwig Boltzmann's statistico-mechanical writings - an exegesis /

One of the pillars of modern science, statistical mechanics, owes much to one man, the Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906). As a result of his unusual working and writing styles, his enormous contribution remains little read and poorly understood. The purpose of this book is to make the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Darrigol, Olivier (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Life and works: a sketch
  • Theories of heat: some background
  • Constructing thermal equilibrium (1866-1871)
  • The Boltzmann equation and the H Theorem (1872-1875)
  • The probablistic turn (1876-1884)
  • The analogical turn (1884-1887)
  • Consolidation (1887-1895)
  • The critical turn (1895-1899)
  • Lectures on gas theory (1896, 1898)
  • Boltzmann's theory
  • Abbreviations.