Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Historical sketch
- 3 Probability
- 4 Statistical explanation
- 5 Equilibrium theory
- 6 Describing non-equilibrium
- 7 Rationalizing non-equilibrium theory
- 8 Cosmology and irreversibility
- 9 The reduction of thermodynamics to statistical mechanics
- 10 The direction of time
- 11 The current state of major questions
- References
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Historical sketch
- 3 Probability
- 4 Statistical explanation
- 5 Equilibrium theory
- 6 Describing non-equilibrium
- 7 Rationalizing non-equilibrium theory
- 8 Cosmology and irreversibility
- 9 The reduction of thermodynamics to statistical mechanics
- 10 The direction of time
- 11 The current state of major questions
- References
- Index
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- Chapter
- Information
- Physics and ChancePhilosophical Issues in the Foundations of Statistical Mechanics, pp. vii - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1993