Confusion and clarification: Albert Einstein and Walther Nernst's heat theorem, 1911-1916

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2005.10.001MaRDI QIDQ640257zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. J. Kox

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.2005.10.001

zbMATH Keywords

Albert Einsteinheat theoremthird law of thermodynamicswalther Nernst

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of statistical mechanics (82-03) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03) History of classical thermodynamics (80-03)

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