Reappraising Einstein's 1905 application of thermodynamics and statistics to radiation

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-277

  Irons, F E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENTROPY; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ADIABATIC CHANGES;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 1642602893     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/25/2/013     Document Type: Article

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