Laws and chances in statistical mechanics

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

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 872-888

  Winsberg, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Best system; Boltzmann; Lewis; Probabilities; Statistical mechanics; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549090681     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsb.2008.05.005     Document Type: Review

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