Laws and chances in statistical mechanics

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2008.05.005zbMATH Open1223.82009OpenAlexW2073854500MaRDI QIDQ643498FDOQ643498

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

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zbMATH Keywords

probabilitiesstatistical mechanicsthermodynamicsBoltzmannLewisbest system

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03)

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• The ``past hypothesis: not even false
• Time and chance

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