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Author Brush, Stephen G.

Title The kinetic theory of gases : an anthology of classic papers with historical commentary / by Stephen G Brush ; edited by Nancy S Hall.

Publication Info. London : Imperial College Press ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., [2003]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 647 pages) : illustrations.
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Series History of modern physical sciences ; 1
History of modern physical sciences ; 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. 1. The nature of gases and of heat. Robert Boyle: The spring of the air -- Isaac Newton: The repulsion theory -- Daniel Bernoulli: On the properties and motions of elastic fluids, especially air -- George Gregory: The existence of fire -- Robert Mayer: The forces of inorganic nature -- James Joule: On matter, living force, and heat -- Hermann von Helmholtz: The conservation of force -- Rudolf Clausius: The nature of the motion which we call heat -- Rudolf Clausius -- On the mean length of the paths described by the separate molecules of gaseous bodies -- James Clerk Maxwell: Illustrations of the dynamical theory of gases -- Rudolf Clausius: On a mechanical theorem applicable to heat -- pt. 2. Irreversible processes. James Clerk Maxwell: On the dynamical theory of gases -- Ludwig Boltzmann: Further studies on the thermal equilibrium of gas molecules -- William Thomson: The kinetic theory of dissipation of energy -- Ludwig Boltzmann: On the relation of a general mechanical theorem to the second law of thermodynamics -- Henri Poincaré: On the three-body problem and the equations of dynamics -- Henri Poincaré: Mechanism and experience -- Ernst Zermelo: On a theorem of dynamics and the mechanical theory of heat -- Ludwig Boltzmann: Reply to Zermelo's remarks on the theory of heat -- Ernst Zermelo: On the mechanical explanation of irreversible processes -- Ludwig Boltzmann: On Zermelo's paper "On the mechanical explanation of irreversible processes" -- pt. 3. Historical discussions / by Stephen G. Brush. Gadflies and geniuses in the history of gas theory -- Interatomic forces and gas theory from Newton to Lennard-Jones -- Irreversibility and indeterminism: Fourier to Heisenberg -- Proof of impossibility of ergodic systems: the 1913 papers of Rosenthal and Plancherel -- Statistical mechanics and the philosophy of science: some historical notes -- pt. 4. A guide to historical commentaries: kinetic theory of gases, thermodynamics, and related topics.
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Subject Kinetic theory of gases -- History.
Kinetic theory of gases.
History.
Statistical mechanics -- History.
Statistical mechanics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Hall, Nancy S.
Other Form: Print version: Brush, Stephen G. Kinetic theory of gases. London : Imperial College Press ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., C2003 1860943470 9781860943478 (DLC) 2004297266 (OCoLC)53914955
ISBN 9781848161337 (electronic book)
1848161336 (electronic book)
1860943470 (hardback)
1860943489 (paperback)