The coarse-graining approach to statistical mechanics: how blissful is our ignorance?

Author: Ridderbos K.

Source: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, Volume 33, Number 1, March 2002 , pp. 65-77(13)

Publisher: Elsevier

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Keywords: Gibbs ensemble approach; Coarse-graining; Entropy; Zeroth Law of thermodynamics

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00037-5

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