The quantitative content of statistical mechanics

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2015.08.012zbMATH Open1329.82051OpenAlexW1932520202MaRDI QIDQ905670FDOQ905670

Authors: David Wallace 

Publication date: 27 January 2016

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.2015.08.012

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zbMATH Keywords

emergencestatistical mechanicsthermodynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

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