Entropy 2018, 20(6), 443; https://doi.org/10.3390/e20060443
The Gibbs Paradox: Early History and Solutions
UMR SPHere, CNRS, Université Denis Diderot, 75013 Paris, France
Received: 9 April 2018 / Revised: 17 May 2018 / Accepted: 28 May 2018 / Published: 6 June 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Gibbs Paradox 2018)
Abstract
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 clarifying foundations and removing prejudices, and to relate the paradox to broad misunderstandings of the nature of physical theory. View Full-TextKeywords:
Gibbs paradox; mixing; entropy; irreversibility; thermochemistry
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