Maxwell`s and Boltzmann`s Triumphant Contributions to and Misconceived Interpretations of Thermodynamics

Authors : Elias GYFTOPOULOS

Pages : 9-19

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Publication Date : 1998-06-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The statistical interpretation is discussed and found to be inadequate to explain thermodynamic phenomena. Two alternative approaches to the statistical interpretation are summarized, one purely thermodynamic, and the other quantum-theoretic and thermodynamic.
Keywords : Finite time reversibility, Maxwell`s demon, Microscopic systems, Nonstatistical entropy