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100 1 _aGibbs, J. Willard
_q(Josiah Willard),
_d1839-1903
245 1 0 _aElementary Principles of Statistical Mechanics :
_bDeveloped with Especial Reference to the Rational Foundation of Thermodynamics
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2016
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_Principles_in_Statistical_Mechanics
500 _aRelease date is 2016-01-22
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aThermodynamics
653 _aStatistical mechanics
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50992
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