Boltzmann's H-theorem, its discontents, and the birth of statistical mechanics

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.03.003zbMath1228.82052arXiv0809.1304OpenAlexW2108797601MaRDI QIDQ652785

Jos Uffink, Harvey R. Brown, Wayne C. Myrvold

Publication date: 17 December 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://arxiv.org/abs/0809.1304

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of statistical mechanics (82-03)

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