عنوان

The conceptual foundations of the statistical approach in mechanics /

(Number (ISBN

0486163148

(Number (ISBN

9780486163147

Erroneous ISBN

0486662500

Erroneous ISBN

9780486662503

Number

b793610

Title Proper

The conceptual foundations of the statistical approach in mechanics /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by Paul and Tatiana Ehrenfest ; translated by Michael J. Moravcsik.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Dover Publications,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1990.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xiv, 114 pages).

Series Title

Dover books on physics and chemistry

Text of Note

"Unabridged republication of the English translation first published by The Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, in 1959"--Title page verso.

Text of Note

Translation of: Begriffliche Grundlagen der statistischen Auffassung in der Mechanik.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-114).

Text of Note

In this concise classic, Paul Ehrenfest - one of the twentieth century's greatest physicists - reformulated the foundations of the statistical approach in mechanics. Originally published in 1912, this classic has lost little of its scientific and didactic value, and is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of physics and historians of science. Part One describes the older formulation of statistico-mechanical investigations (kineto-statistics of the molecule). Part Two takes up the modern formulation of kineto-statistics of the gas model, and Part Three explores W.B. Gibbs's major work, Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics and its coverage of such topics as the problem of axiomatization in kineto-statistics, the introduction of canonical and microcanonical distributions, and the analogy to the observable behavior of thermodynamic systems. The book concludes with the authors' original notes, a series of useful appendixes, and a helpful bibliography.

Title

Conceptual foundations of the statistical approach in mechanics

International Standard Book Number

0486662500

General Material Designation

Begriffliche Grundlagen der statistischen Auffassung in der Mechanik.

Language (when part of a heading)

English

Kinetic theory of gases.

Statistical mechanics.

Gaz, Théorie cinétique des.

Kinetic theory of gases.

Mécanique statistique.

SCIENCE-- Physics-- Mathematical & Computational.

Statistical mechanics.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Ehrenfest, Paul,1880-1933.

Ehrenfest, Tatiana,1876-1964.

Date of Transaction

20201207064548.0

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[Book]

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