Kinetische Theorie des Warmegleichgewichtes und des zweiten Hauptsatzes der Thermodynamik (Kinetic theory of heat equilibrium and the Second Law of Thermodynamics).

EINSTEIN, Albert.

Verlag: Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig, 1902

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Presentation Offprint from Annalen der Physik, Series 4, Volume 9; pp. 417-433. First Edition Offprint. Weil 3, Boni 3. NOTE: Weil incorrectly lists this article as being on pages 417-435. Boni has the correct pagination, as above. This is the first of three papers published by Einstein in 1902-1904 (Weil/Boni 3-5) that recycled and expanded the work he had done in his rejected doctoral dissertation regarding statistical mechanics. "The first paper [Weil 3] used the atomic theory of gases to derive the famous second law of thermodynamics, correcting Boltzmann's alleged mistakes along the way. No sooner had he finished his paper however, than he set out again in a second paper [Eine Theorie der Gurndlagen der Thermodynamik], to derive the law again in a more general and powerful way that would apply to mechanical systems, not just gases. Then, after one of his patent office colleagues pointed out a flaw in his reasoning, he produced yet another [Weil 5], even more general, paper that extended his statistical legerdemain even to electromagnetic fields… It took Albert two years to finish these three papers and publish them in the Annalen der Physik, where the last one appeared in the sping of 1904, but they did not set the world of physics on fire. But even if they did not shake up science, the papers had a lasting influence on Albert's style as a scientist. The notion that one could start with a simple fact or supposition, such as the existence of atoms, and construct, on the basis of pure logic, a grand sweeping principle such as the second law of thermodynamics would remain with him for the rest of his life as the very model of what a physical theory should be." (Overbye, pp. 96-97)[WE HAVE A FULLER WRITE UP OF THIS PAPER BUT IT IS TOO LONG FOR ABE SPACE REQUIRMENTS. FOR A COPY OF THAT FULLER DESCRIPTION, PLEASE CONTACT ATHENA RARE BOOKS DIRECTLY.] A presentation offprint without the original printed wraps. Binding edge with five small "notches" - most likely from some terim binding from which this copy has been liberated. Overall, clean and bright. A fine copy of this text. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 919

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Titel: Kinetische Theorie des Warmegleichgewichtes ...

Verlag: Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig

Erscheinungsdatum: 1902

Auflage: FIRST EDITION OFFPRINT.