The kind of motion we call heat
Subtitle: a history of the kinetic theory of gases in the 19th century
By: Stephen G. Brush.
Series: Studies in statistical mechanics ;; v. 6
Publisher: North-Holland Pub. Co.; sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, American Elsevier
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Amsterdam; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 769
Subjects: Kinetic theory of gases -- History.; Statistical mechanics -- History.; Physics -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Book 1. Physics and the atomists.; title: Book 2. Statistical physics and irreversible processes.