Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics: a Maxwellian view

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2011.07.001zbMath1239.82002MaRDI QIDQ426022

Wayne C. Myrvold

Publication date: 10 June 2012

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/8638/1/MaxwellPaperRevisedII.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

entropy; second law of thermodynamics; thermodynamics; Maxwell's demon; James Clerk Maxwell

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82B03: Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics

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