Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics: Developed with Special Refere...

Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics: Developed with Special Reference to the Rational Foundation of Thermodynamics Book Details

• Author: J. Willard Gibbs
• Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc.
• Publication Year: 1960
• Format: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Language: English
• Edition: Dover edition, first published in 1960

Condition Notes

Covers show significant wear, including creasing at the corners and along the spine. The lower portion of the spine and the adjacent front cover exhibit surface loss and peeling. The spine is sunned and shows vertical creasing. The binding remains intact. Internal pages are clean and free of markings or inscriptions. No library stamps or stickers are present.

Description Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics: Developed with Special Reference to the Rational Foundation of Thermodynamics by J. Willard Gibbs. Published by Dover Publications, Inc., New York. The copyright page states this Dover edition was first published in 1960 and is an unabridged republication of the original 1902 Yale University Press edition. Trade paperback. The work contains fourteen chapters covering the fundamental equations of statistical mechanics, including the conservation of extension-in-phase, the application of the principle of conservation of extension-in-phase to the theory of errors, and the thermodynamic analogies for ensembles of systems. Gibbs, a professor of mathematical physics at Yale, is credited with laying the theoretical foundations for statistical mechanics. The text includes a preface by the author and an index. Topics & Subjects

physics • statistical mechanics • thermodynamics • mathematics • theoretical physics • academic • graduate-level textbook • classic science literature • dover edition • vintage reprint • trade paperback • good condition

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