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Foundations of Statistical Mechanics (Elements in the Philosophy of Physics) by Roman Frigg, Charlotte Werndl is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Foundations of Statistical Mechanics (Elements in the Philosophy of Physics) about?
Statistical mechanics is the third pillar of modern physics, next to quantum theory and relativity theory. It aims to account for the behaviour of macroscopic systems in terms of the dynamical laws that govern their microscopic constituents and probabilistic assumptions about them. In this Element, the authors investigate the philosophical and foundational issues that arise in SM. The authors introduce the two main theoretical approaches in SM, Boltzmannian SM and Gibbsian SM, and discuss how th
Who reads Foundations of Statistical Mechanics (Elements in the Philosophy of Physics)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Roman Frigg, Charlotte Werndl
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781009016490
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Science, Philosophy, Physics
- Updated
- 2026-03-25