Taking thermodynamics too seriously
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Publication:720451
DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00025-9zbMath1222.82019OpenAlexW1980399382MaRDI QIDQ720451
Publication date: 15 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/s1355-2198(01)00025-9
Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)
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