Conceptual Foundations of Statistical Mechanics
by
Orly R. Shenker, Meir Hemmo
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Time asymmetric phenomena are successfully predicted by statistical mechanics. Yet the foundations of this theory are surprisingly shaky. Its explanation for the ease of mixing milk with coffee is incomplete, and even implies that un-mixing them should be just as easy. In this book the authors develop...