In thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics (or statistical mechanics or statistical physics) is the study of the average energy behaviors of large groups of individual particles. [1] Statistical thermodynamics can also be defined as the study of the random motion of molecules by means of statistical methods. [2]
Etymology
The term "statistical thermodynamics" doesn't seem to have come into use until the 1930s, loosely defined as statistical mechanics with more focus on thermodynamics.
Human physics
References
1. (a) Cengel, Yunus A. and Boles, Michael A. (2002). Thermodynamics - an Engineering Approach (4th ed.), (pg. 3). New York: McGraw-Hill.
(b) Schrodinger, Erwin. (1952). Statistical Thermodynamics (2nd ed.). New York: Dover (reprint).
2. Claesson, S. (1968). "Noble Prize in Chemistry Presentation Speech". Nobel Foundation.
Further reading
● Kuhn, Thomas S. (1987). Black-body Theory and Quantum Discontinuity (Section: Einstein on statistical thermodynamics, 1902-1903, pgs. 171-). University of Chicago Press.
Etymology
The term "statistical thermodynamics" doesn't seem to have come into use until the 1930s, loosely defined as statistical mechanics with more focus on thermodynamics.
Human physics
See main: Human physicsMany authors, in recent years, e.g. those in social physics, have used statistical thermodynamics, such as through the guise of a human particle logic, as a basis to argue or explain various bulk human system behaviors, such as distributions of wealth.
References
1. (a) Cengel, Yunus A. and Boles, Michael A. (2002). Thermodynamics - an Engineering Approach (4th ed.), (pg. 3). New York: McGraw-Hill.
(b) Schrodinger, Erwin. (1952). Statistical Thermodynamics (2nd ed.). New York: Dover (reprint).
2. Claesson, S. (1968). "Noble Prize in Chemistry Presentation Speech". Nobel Foundation.
Further reading
● Kuhn, Thomas S. (1987). Black-body Theory and Quantum Discontinuity (Section: Einstein on statistical thermodynamics, 1902-1903, pgs. 171-). University of Chicago Press.