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Maxwell on heat and statistical mechanics

on "avoiding all personal enquiries" of molecules

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This is the third and final volume in the study and publication of James Clerk Maxwell's work in gas theory, molecules, and thermodynamics. The nineteenth-century Scottish physicist derived his ideas on thermodynamics from an interest in theories of matter, not contemporary concerns with heat engines and engineering.

The manuscripts and papers presented here reveal the development of his ideas and the uniqueness of his interpretations of mechanics, the necessity of a statistical interpretation of the second law of thermodynamics, and his understanding of the dynamics of rare gases. They also reveal the context of a well-developed discipline and professional community to which Maxwell reacted and to whom he needed to respond.

  1. These papers shed light on the formation of Maxwell's ideas and theories within the structure of a professional scientific discipline, physics, that had only recently taken shape. While Maxwell responded to and relied on the work of his colleagues, his interpretations often placed his work apart from theirs, to be exploited by later generations of physicists.
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Cover of: Maxwell on Heat and Statistical Mechanics
Maxwell on Heat and Statistical Mechanics: On "Avoiding All Personal Enquiries" of Molecules
August 1995, Lehigh University Press
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Cover of: Maxwell on heat and statistical mechanics
Maxwell on heat and statistical mechanics: on "avoiding all personal enquiries" of molecules
1995, Lehigh University Press, Associated University Presses, Lehigh Univ Pr
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-525) and indexes.

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Bethlehem, London
Other Titles
On heat and statistical mechanics

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Dewey Decimal Class
530.4/3/092
Library of Congress
QC310.2 .M39 1995, QC310.2.M39 1995

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550 p. :
Number of pages
550

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OL1100413M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0934223343
LCCN
94025234
OCLC/WorldCat
31604979
Library Thing
6587478
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3223812

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