Gibbs, J. Willard  1839-1903 <br/><br/>
Elementary Principles of Statistical Mechanics :  Developed with Especial Reference to the Rational Foundation of Thermodynamics 

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<br/><br/> "Elementary Principles of Statistical Mechanics" by J. Willard Gibbs is a scientific treatise published in 1902. This foundational work demonstrates how thermodynamic laws emerge from classical mechanics when accounting for uncertainty in a system's state. Gibbs distilled decades of complex research into a concise framework, introducing the revolutionary concept of statistical ensembles—collections of system replicas used to calculate thermodynamic properties. His careful assumptions ensured the principles remained valid despite quantum mechanics' later emergence, establishing the form of statistical mechanics used today. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>02008251 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Thermodynamics Statistical mechanics 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC