The kinetic theory of gases : an anthology of classic papers with historical commentary /
| Основен автор: | Brush, Stephen G. |
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| Други автори: | Hall, Nancy S. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London : River Edge, NJ :
Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub.,
℗♭2003.
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| Серия: |
History of modern physical sciences ;
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Kinetic theory of gases. |
Съдържание:
- 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 Poincare: On the three-body problem and the equations of dynamics
- Henri Poincare: 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.