The Conceptual Foundations of the Statistical Approach in Mechanics (Dover Phoneix Editions) - Tapa dura

In this hardcover edition, one of the 20th century's greatest physicists reformulates the foundations of the statistical approach in mechanics. Part One describes the older statistico-mechanical investigations; Part Two, the modern formulation of kineto-statistics of the gas model; and Part Three explores W. Gibbs' Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics. 1959 edition.