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In this concise hardcover edition, Paul Ehrenfest, one of the 20th century's greatest physicists, reformulated the foundations of the statistical approach in mechanics. Originally published in 1912 as an article for the German Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences, it has lost little of its scientific and didactic value, and no serious student of statistical mechanics can afford to remain ignorant of this great work. Part One of the book describes the older formulation of statistico-mechanical investigations (kineto-statistics of the molecule). Part Two takes up the modern formulation of kineto-statistics of the gas model, and Part Three explores W. Gibbs's major work, Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics and its coverage of such topics as the problem of axiomatization in kineto-statistics, the introduction of canonical and microcanonical distributions, and the analogy to the observable behavior of thermodynamic systems. Unabridged Dover republication of the edition published by Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 1959. 1 illustration. Bibliography. Notes. Appendixes.
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This digital document, covering the life and work of Paul Ehrenfest, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 1094 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paul Ehrenfest was an Austrian physicist and mathematician, who obtained Dutch citizenship on March 24, 1922. He made major contributions to the field of statistical mechanics and its relations with quantum mechanics, including the theory of phase transition and the Ehrenfest theorem. On December 21, 1904 he married Russian mathematician Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva (1876-1964), who collaborated with him in his work. They had two daughters and two sons: Tatyana ('Tanja') (1905-1984), also became a mathematician; Galinka ('Galja') (1910-1979), became an author and illustrator of children's books; Paul Jr. ('Pavlik') (1915-1939), who also became a physicist; and Vassily ('Wassik') (1918-1933), who had Down's Syndrome ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Paul Ehrenfest (January 18, 1880 September 25, 1933) was an Austrian physicist and mathematician, who obtained Dutch citizenship on March 24, 1922. He made major contributions to the field of statistical mechanics and its relations with quantum mechanics, including the theory of phase transition and the Ehrenfest theorem. On December 21, 1904 he married Russian mathematician Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva (18761964), who collaborated with him in his work. They had two daughters and two sons: Tatyana ('Tanja') (19051984), also became a mathematician; Galinka ('Galja') (19101979), became an author and illustrator of children's books; Paul Jr. ('Pavlik') (19151939), who also became a physicist; and Vassily ('Wassik') (19181933), who had Down's Syndrome. Paul Ehrenfest was born and grew up in Vienna in a Jewish family that was originally from a town of Lotice in Moravia. His parents, Sigmund Ehrenfest and Johanna Jellinek, had a thriving grocery store. Although the Ehrenfests were not very religious, Paul nevertheless took courses in Hebrew and the history of the Jewish people. Later he always emphasized his Jewish roots. Although Ehrenfest excelled in grade school, he did not do well at the Akademisches Gymnasium, his best subject being mathematics. However, after he transferred to the Franz Josef Gymnasium, things improved and in 1899 he successfully passed the final exams. He majored in chemistry at the Technische Hochschule, but he also took courses at the University of Vienna, in particular from Ludwig Boltzmann on his kinetic theory of thermodynamics. These lectures had a profound influence: they were instrumental in stimulating Ehrenfests interest in theoretical physics, defined his main area of research for years to come, and provided an ex... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=78958 ... Read more

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This volume covers Ehrenfest's life and work up to 1920: his childhood in a Jewish family in Vienna, his student years in Vienna and Gottingen and the five years he spent in Russia before World War I. In 1912 he succeeded H.A. Lorentz at Leiden and his early years there are covered in detail. He was a close personal friend of Albert Einstein and the first decade of this friendship is portrayed through their correspondence. ... Read more