The Conceptual Foundations of the Statistical Approach in Mechanics (Dover Books on Physics)

Ehrenfest, Paul, Ehrenfest, Tatiana

ISBN 10: 0486662500 / ISBN 13: 9780486662503

Verlag: Dover Publications, 2015

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• Titel: The Conceptual Foundations of the Statistical Approach in Mechanics (Dover Books on Physics)
• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0486662500
• ISBN-13: 9780486662503
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Like New
• Buchtyp: book

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Classic 1912 article reformulated the foundations of the statistical approach in mechanics. Largely still valid; essential reading for serious student. Covers older formulation of statistico-mechanical investigations (kineto-statistics of the molecule); modern formulation of kineto-statistics of gas model; work of W. Gibbs, and more. Extensive notes and prefatory material. Bibliography.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

A major figure in 20th-century science, Paul Ehrenfest (1880–1933) was an Austrian physicist and mathematician who reformulated the statistical approach in mechanics. His wife, Tatiana Ehrenfest (1876–1964), was also a mathematician who collaborated on his scientific work.