ISBN: 9780511848155

Statistical mechanics attempts to explain the behaviour of macroscopic physical systems in terms of the mechanical properties of their constituents.Although it is one of the fundamental t… More...

Statistical mechanics attempts to explain the behaviour of macroscopic physical systems in terms of the mechanical properties of their constituents.Although it is one of the fundamental theories of physics, it has received little attention from philosophers of science.Nevertheless, it raises philosophical questions of fundamental importance on the nature of time, chance and reduction.Most philosophical issues in this domain relate to the question of the reduction of thermodynamics to statistical mechanics.This book addresses issues inherent in this reduction: the time-asymmetry of thermodynamics and its absence in statistical mechanics; the role and essential nature of chance and probability in this reduction when thermodynamics is non-probabilistic; and how, if at all, the reduction is possible.Compiling contributions on current research by experts in the field, this is an invaluable survey of the philosophy of statistical mechanics for academic researchers and graduate students interested in the foundations of physics.; EPUB; Scientific, Technical and Medical > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science, Cambridge University Press<

ISBN: 9780511848155

Statistical mechanics attempts to explain the behaviour of macroscopic physical systems in terms of the mechanical properties of their constituents. Although it is one of the fundamental … More...

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Statistical mechanics attempts to explain the behaviour of macroscopic physical systems in terms of the mechanical properties of their constituents. Although it is one of the fundamental … More...

Statistical mechanics attempts to explain the behaviour of macroscopic physical systems in terms of the mechanical properties of their constituents. Although it is one of the fundamental theories of physics, it has received little attention from p Science, Science & Nature, Time, Chance, and Reduction~~ Andreas Hüttemann, Gerhard Ernst~~Science~~Science & Nature~~9780511848155, en, Time, Chance, and Reduction, Andreas Hüttemann, Gerhard Ernst, 9780511848155, Cambridge University Press, 01/21/2010, , , , Cambridge University Press, 01/21/2010<

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Time, Chance, and Reduction: Philosophical Aspects of Statistical Mechanics Time-Chance-and-Reduction~~Gerhard-Ernst Science/Tech>Physics>Physics NOOK Book (eBook), Cambridge University P… More...

Time, Chance, and Reduction: Philosophical Aspects of Statistical Mechanics Time-Chance-and-Reduction~~Gerhard-Ernst Science/Tech>Physics>Physics NOOK Book (eBook), Cambridge University Press<

ISBN: 9780511848155

Time, Chance, and Reduction: Philosophical Aspects of Statistical Mechanics Time-Chance-and-Reduction~~Gerhard-Ernst Science>Physics>Physics NOOK Book (eBook), Cambridge University Press