Laws and chances in statistical mechanics

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2008.05.005MaRDI QIDQ643498zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Eric Winsberg

Publication date 31 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.2008.05.005

zbMATH Keywords

probabilitiesstatistical mechanicsthermodynamicsBoltzmannLewisbest system

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03)

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