Reconsidering the concept of equilibrium in classical statistical mechanics

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Van Lith, Janneke ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0043075611     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/392719     Document Type: Article

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