Elementary Principles of Statistical Mechanics by J. Willard Gibbs
"Elementary Principles of Statistical Mechanics" by J. Willard Gibbs is a scientific treatise published in 1902. This foundational work demonstrates how thermodynamic laws emerge from classical mechanics when accounting for uncertainty in a system's state. Gibbs distilled decades of complex research into a concise framework, introducing the revolutionary concept of statistical ensembles—collections of system replicas used to calculate thermodynamic properties. His careful assumptions ensured the principles remained valid despite quantum mechanics' later
emergence, establishing the form of statistical mechanics used today. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Gibbs, J. Willard (Josiah Willard), 1839-1903 |
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| LoC No. | 02008251 |
| Title |
Elementary Principles of Statistical Mechanics Developed with Especial Reference to the Rational Foundation of Thermodynamics |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_Principles_in_Statistical_Mechanics |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QC: Science: Physics |
| Subject | Thermodynamics |
| Subject | Statistical mechanics |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 50992 |
| Release Date | Jan 22, 2016 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jun 11, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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