Zum Hauptinhalt springen
Dekorationsartikel gehören nicht zum Leistungsumfang.
STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION
Buch von Valia Allori
Sprache: Englisch

183,95 €*

inkl. MwSt.

Versandkostenfrei per Post / DHL

Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen

Kategorien:
Beschreibung
The book explores several open questions in the philosophy and the foundations of statistical mechanics. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in philosophy of physics and/or mathematical physics. Here is a list of questions that are addressed in the book:

Boltzmann showed how the phenomenological laws of thermodynamics, such as the second law of thermodynamics, can be suitably derived from statistical mechanics, which is based on classical mechanics. What exactly does this explanation amount to?

Assuming that Boltzmann is able to explain the thermodynamic arrow of time connected with the second law, what about the psychological arrow?

Many physicists use the notion of typicality instead of the one of probability when discussing statistical mechanics. What is typicality? What is its connection with probability? Is typicality explanatory?

How can one extend Boltzmann's analysis to the quantum domain? Can indeterminism help or it does not play a fundamental role?

How does this approach extend to theories in which gravity plays an important role?

Boltzmann's explanation fundamentally involves cosmology: for the explanation to go through the Big Bang needs to have had extremely low entropy. Does the fact that the Big Bang was a low entropy state imply that it was, in some sense, "highly improbable" and requires an explanation? Are there approaches in which one can avoid postulating something like the past hypothesis?

Statistical mechanics has two main formulations: one due to Boltzmann and the other due to Gibbs. What is the connection between the two formulations? Is one more fundamental than the other?
The book explores several open questions in the philosophy and the foundations of statistical mechanics. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in philosophy of physics and/or mathematical physics. Here is a list of questions that are addressed in the book:

Boltzmann showed how the phenomenological laws of thermodynamics, such as the second law of thermodynamics, can be suitably derived from statistical mechanics, which is based on classical mechanics. What exactly does this explanation amount to?

Assuming that Boltzmann is able to explain the thermodynamic arrow of time connected with the second law, what about the psychological arrow?

Many physicists use the notion of typicality instead of the one of probability when discussing statistical mechanics. What is typicality? What is its connection with probability? Is typicality explanatory?

How can one extend Boltzmann's analysis to the quantum domain? Can indeterminism help or it does not play a fundamental role?

How does this approach extend to theories in which gravity plays an important role?

Boltzmann's explanation fundamentally involves cosmology: for the explanation to go through the Big Bang needs to have had extremely low entropy. Does the fact that the Big Bang was a low entropy state imply that it was, in some sense, "highly improbable" and requires an explanation? Are there approaches in which one can avoid postulating something like the past hypothesis?

Statistical mechanics has two main formulations: one due to Boltzmann and the other due to Gibbs. What is the connection between the two formulations? Is one more fundamental than the other?
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Thermodynamik
Genre: Importe, Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9789811211713
ISBN-10: 981121171X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Valia Allori
Hersteller: World Scientific
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 235 x 157 x 42 mm
Von/Mit: Valia Allori
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.04.2020
Gewicht: 1,145 kg
Artikel-ID: 117420128
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Thermodynamik
Genre: Importe, Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9789811211713
ISBN-10: 981121171X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Valia Allori
Hersteller: World Scientific
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 235 x 157 x 42 mm
Von/Mit: Valia Allori
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.04.2020
Gewicht: 1,145 kg
Artikel-ID: 117420128
Sicherheitshinweis

Ähnliche Produkte

Ähnliche Produkte