کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1161482 1490466 2006 35 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Insuperable difficulties: Einstein's statistical road to molecular physics
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه فیزیک و نجوم فیزیک و نجوم (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Insuperable difficulties: Einstein's statistical road to molecular physics
چکیده انگلیسی

In this essay I analyze Einstein's statistical papers from 1902 to 1904. In these papers, Einstein developed the foundations of a theoretical program that he applied to concrete problems in 1905 and in subsequent years. It combined skepticism about classical mechanics, a firm belief in molecules, and absolute confidence in statistical principles. However, Einstein's dissertation does not follow his statistical program. I conjecture that Einstein avoided his own theoretical ideas to win the approval of his Ph.D. advisor, Alfred Kleiner.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics - Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2006, Pages 36–70
نویسندگان
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