{"product_id":"elementary-principles-in-statistical-mechanics-developed-with-especial-reference-to-the-rational-foundation-of-thermodynamics-paperback-9781108017022","title":"Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics; Developed with Especial Reference to the Rational Foundation of Thermodynamics (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108017022","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eElementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDeveloped with Especial Reference to the Rational Foundation of Thermodynamics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1902 book by the great American mathematician gives his mature vision of thermodynamics and statistical physics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJosiah Willard Gibbs (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108017022, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 September 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.3 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJosiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903) was the greatest American mathematician and physicist of the nineteenth century. He played a key role in the development of vector analysis (his book on this topic is also reissued in this series), but his deepest work was in the development of thermodynamics and statistical physics. This book, Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics, first published in 1902, gives his mature vision of these subjects. Mathematicians, physicists and engineers familiar with such things as Gibbs entropy, Gibbs inequality and the Gibbs distribution will find them here discussed in Gibbs' own words.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. General notions. The principle of conservation of extension-in-phase\u003cbr\u003e 2. Application of the principle of conservation of extension-in-phase to the theory of errors\u003cbr\u003e 3. Application of the principle of conservation of extension-in-phase to the integration of the differential equations of motion\u003cbr\u003e 4. On the distribution-in-phase called canonical, in which the index of probability is a linear function of the energy\u003cbr\u003e 5. Average values in a canonical ensemble of systems\u003cbr\u003e 6. Extension-in-configuration and extension-in-velocity\u003cbr\u003e 7. Farther discussion of averages in a canonical ensemble of systems\u003cbr\u003e 8. On certain important functions of the energies of a system\u003cbr\u003e 9. The function ? and the canonical distribution\u003cbr\u003e 10. On a distribution in phase called microcanonical in which all the systems have the same energy\u003cbr\u003e 11. Maximum and minimum properties of various distributions in phase\u003cbr\u003e 12. On the motion of systems and ensembles of systems through long periods of time\u003cbr\u003e 13. Effect of various processes on an ensemble of systems\u003cbr\u003e 14. Discussion of thermodynamic analogies\u003cbr\u003e 15. Systems composed of molecules.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Probability \u0026amp; statistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Probability \u0026amp; statistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Probability%20\u0026amp;%20statistics%20%5BPBT%5D%22\"\u003ePBT\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265941917976,"sku":"9781108017022","price":26.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108017022i_158954ec-227b-4716-a1c1-e0a631a5e9d5.jpg?v=1694869421","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/elementary-principles-in-statistical-mechanics-developed-with-especial-reference-to-the-rational-foundation-of-thermodynamics-paperback-9781108017022","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}