Insuperable difficulties: Einstein's statistical road to molecular physics

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2005.07.004MaRDI QIDQ640254zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Jos Uffink

Publication date 17 October 2011

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 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2005.07.004

zbMATH Keywords

entropystatistical physicsEinsteinmoleculesBoltzmannKleiner

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of statistical mechanics (82-03)

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