Video: Logic of Statistical Mechanics – David Wallace

Here's the third lecture from the Rotman Summer Institute on Foundations of Statistical Mechanics from July 14-20, 2013. Lots more to come. In this lecture, David Wallace discusses statistical mechanics and its machinery. As he notes, it's easy to get the impression, from looking at philosophical and foundational literature on statistical mechanics, that the primary [...]

2013-08-30T12:05:15-04:00August 30th, 2013|Philosophy of Physics, Statistical Mechanics|

Video: Thermodynamics and the basics of Boltzmannian Statistical Mechanics – Jos Uffink (1 of 3)

Here's the second lecture from the Rotman Summer Institute on Foundations of Statistical Mechanics from July 14-20, 2013. Lots more to come. This is the first of three lectures in which Jos Uffink provides a discussion of the development and historical foundations of thermodynamics. This first lecture covers the prehistory, beginning with a discussion of [...]

2016-01-29T12:10:18-05:00August 23rd, 2013|Events, Statistical Mechanics|

Video: Thermodynamics – Wayne Myrvold

This is the first lecture from the Rotman Summer Institute on Foundations of Statistical Mechanics from July 14-20, 2013. More will follow at the rate of approximately one per week. In this introductory lecture, Wayne Myrvold discusses thermodynamics. He introduces the theory without presupposing the molecular theory of matter or that thermodynamic systems can be [...]

2014-03-18T16:01:53-04:00August 16th, 2013|Events, Statistical Mechanics|
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