The Net Advance of Physics:
History and Philosophy: Statistical and Thermal Physics

• A Concise History of Thermodynamics (excerpted from Josiah Willard Gibbs: The History of a Great Mind by Lynde Phelps Wheeler) [Thermohistory.com]
• Wikipedia (good links for general materials on statistical and thermal physics)
• Sketching the History of Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics , by Jeff Biggus
• History and Outlook of Statistical Physics, by D. Flamm, 98/03:
• The Baxter Revolution, by B. McCoy, 2000/01:
• Planck's Legacy to Statistical Mechanics, by G. Parisi, 2001/01:

See also Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics at The Net Advance of Physics

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