The problem of equilibrium processes in thermodynamics

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2017.07.003zbMath1390.80004OpenAlexW2586310567MaRDI QIDQ1752568

David A. Lavis

Publication date: 24 May 2018

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/13193/1/2017Lavis.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

accessibilitycontrollabilityreversibilityrecoverabilityachievability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Foundations of thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A05) Physics (00A79)

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