KINETIC THEORY OF GASES, THE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CLASSIC PAPERS WITH HISTORICAL COMMENTARY (History of Modern Physical Sciences, 1)
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| Management number | 233296068 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | US$39.76 | Model Number | 233296068 | ||
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This anthology of over two dozen significant papers on the kinetic theory of gases includes the work of Newton, Bernoulli, Helmholtz, Clausius, Boltzmann, Poincaré and commentary on such figures as Lennard-Jones, Fourier, Heisenberg, Rosenthal, and Plancherel. Topics include Boyle's "spring of the air," Newton's repulsion theory, Joule on matter, living force and heat, Maxwell's illustrations of the "dynamical theory of gases" from both 1858 and 1866, Poincaré's three-body problem, and a number of articles by Brush on the history of this science. This volume includes an extensive guide to historical commentaries on the kinetic theory of gases, thermodynamics, and related topics. Distributed by World Scientific. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read more
| ISBN10 | 1860943470 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-1860943478 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Imperial College Pr |
| Dimensions | 7 x 1.5 x 10.25 inches |
| Item Weight | 2.78 pounds |
| Print length | 660 pages |
| Publication date | July 28, 2003 |
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