The Gibbs Paradox: Early History and Solutions

This article is a detailed history of the Gibbs paradox, with philosophical morals. It purports to explain the origins of the paradox, to describe and criticize solutions of the paradox from the early times to the present, to use the history of statistical mechanics as a reservoir of ideas for clari...

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Main Author: Olivier Darrigol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/20/6/443