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História da Física e Ciências Afins • Rev. Bras. Ensino Fís. 30 (1) • 2008 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S1806-11172008000100015 linkcopy

Open-access The construction of a theory of ensemble: precedents in Maxwell and Boltzmann

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    The purpose of this paper is to research the bases of the construction in James C. Maxwell (1831-79) and Ludwig Boltzmann's (1844-1906) work of what is now known as the theory of ensembles, after Willard Gibbs (1893-1903). It is a methodological perspective that stimulated the search for a statistical ground for the laws of thermodynamics.

    statistical mechanics; Ludwig Boltzmann; James Clerk Maxwell; heuristics

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