01799cam a22003253u 4500 50992 UtSlPG 20260610134155.0 m cr n 260607r2016||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 02008251 UtSlPG en iso639-1 QC Gibbs, J. Willard (Josiah Willard), 1839-1903 Elementary Principles of Statistical Mechanics : Developed with Especial Reference to the Rational Foundation of Thermodynamics Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2016 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_Principles_in_Statistical_Mechanics Release date is 2016-01-22 "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.) Original publication data not identified Thermodynamics Statistical mechanics https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50992 91830 91830