Josiah Willard Gibbs and the Foundations of Statistical Mechanics

Foundations of Physics 28 (12):1785-1815 (1998)
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In this study, I discuss the development of the ideas of Josiah Willard Gibbs' Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics and the fundamental role they played in forming the modern concepts in that field. Gibbs' book on statistical mechanics became an instant classic and has remained so for almost a century

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10.1023/a:1018890903755

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