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- catalog contributor b13025414.
- catalog contributor b13025415.
- catalog created "C2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "C2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "C2003.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xi, 647 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1860943470 (hbk.)".
- catalog identifier "1860943489 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "History of modern physical sciences v. 1".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "C2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Imperial College Press ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub.,".
- catalog subject "533/.7 22".
- catalog subject "Kinetic theory of gases History.".
- catalog subject "QC175 .B896 2003".
- catalog subject "Statistical mechanics History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "The kinetic theory of gases : an anthology of classic papers with historical commentary / by Stephen G Brush ; edited by Nancy S Hall.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".