2 papers
physics.hist-ph2025
Poincaré on Gibbs and on Probability in Statistical Mechanics
Bruce D. Popp
This paper reviews a paper from 1906 by J. Henri Poincaré on statistical mechanics with a background in his earlier work and notable connections to J. Willard Gibbs. Poincaré's p…
physics.hist-ph2024
Contemporary Reaction to Gibbs's Statistical Mechanics
Bruce D. Popp
J. Willard Gibbs published a book in 1902 on statistical mechanics that quickly received significant attention from his contemporaries because of the reputation that he had secured…