Taking thermodynamics too seriously

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00025-9zbMATH Open1222.82019OpenAlexW1980399382MaRDI QIDQ720451FDOQ720451

Craig Callender

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

zbMATH Keywords

entropyequilibriumphase transitionsstatistical mechanicsthermodynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03)

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