Taking Thermodynamics Too Seriously

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 539-553

  Callender, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Equilibrium; Phase Transitions; Statistical Mechanics; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042326181     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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