2008/04/02 by Roman Frigg, Frigg, Roman
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Elasticity and Material Modeling #FOS: Physical sciences #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0804.0399
openalex publication_date 2008/04/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This is an extensive review of recent work on the foundations of statistical mechanics. Subject matters discussed include: interpretation of probability, typicality, recurrence, reversibility, ergodicity, mixing, coarse graining, past hypothesis, reductionism, phase average, thermodynamic limit, interventionism, entropy.