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The legacy of Tatjana Afanassjewa : philosophical insights from the work of an original physicist and mathematician / Jos Uffink, Giovanni Valente, Charlotte Werndl, Lena Zuchowski, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Women in the history of philosophy and sciences ; v. 7.
- Women in the history of philosophy and sciences ; volume 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ehrenfest, Tatiana, 1876-1964.
- Ehrenfest, Tatiana.
- Women physicists--Biography.
- Women physicists.
- Women mathematicians--Biography.
- Women mathematicians.
- Thermodynamics.
- Physics--Philosophy.
- Physics.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 pages).
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Life and career of Tatjana Afanassjewa (Margriet van der Heijden)
- Chapter 2. Geometry and pedagogy of mathematics (Marianna Antonutti Marfori)
- Chapter 3. Afanassjewa's work on thermodynamics (Jos Uffink)
- Chapter 4. The Ehrenfests on statistical mechanics I: Irreversibility (Roman Frigg)
- Chapter 5. The Ehrenfests on statistical mechanics II: Phase average and time average (Patricia Palacios)
- Chapter 6. The Ehrenfests' use of toy models (Josh Luczak, University of Hannover (Lena Zuchowski)
- Chapter 7. Tatjana Afanassjewa and the Principle of Similitude (Jos Uffink)
- Chapter 8. Translation from German: Foundations of Thermodynamics 1925 and 1956 (Marina Baldissera Pacchetti)
- Chapter 9. Translation from Dutch: papers on the pedagogy of mathematics (Pauline van Wriest).
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Uffink, Jos The Legacy of Tatjana Afanassjewa : Philosophical Insights from the Work of an Original Physicist and Mathematician
- ISBN:
- 9783030479718
- 3030479714
- Publisher Number:
- 99986648033
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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