Abstract
THE first edition of this book was published JL in 1904, the second in 1916, and now, only five years later (and three of those were war years), a new edition is required. By itself this indicates the value of the work, and it is also very satisfactory as showing the growth of interest in this important branch of mathematical physics. The main part of the book has scarcely been altered- indeed, too little so, for a good many of the misprints of the second edition have appeared again. In dealing with viscosity and heat conduction, Chapman's important work is given somewhat more fully than before; but it would, of course,/ be out of the question to reproduce in detail the stupendous formulae which it involves. The only other point we will mention is to express a doubt whether the author's explanation of irreversibility really does explain that exceptionally difficult question. To put it in an extreme form, has anyone yet really discovered what distinguishes the past from the future?
The Dynamical Theory of Gases.
By Prof. J. H. Jeans. Third edition. Pp. vii + 442. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1921.) 30s. net.
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D., C. The Dynamical Theory of Gases . Nature 107, 804–805 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107804b0
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