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IN the development of modern theoretical physics two lines of inquiry have played an important part. One has been the attempt to deduce reversible physical phenomena from the inequalities of irreversible thermodynamics; the other the endeavour to reconcile irreversible phenomena with the equations of reversible dynamics. Between the two we have arrived at a more or less satisfactory representation of many phenomena of an essentially statical character. Progress has, however, been somewhat retarded since the death, of Boltzmann, nor can we forget Lord Kelvin's healthy criticisms and the steady ing influence in times gone by of representatives of the old rigorous school of Cambridge philosophy, such as Watson and Burbury.
(1) Statistical Theory of Energy and Matter.
By Dr. T. Wereide. Pp. xvi + 170. (Kristiania: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1915.) No price.
(2) Eight Lectures on Theoretical Physics delivered at Columbia University in 1909.
By Dr. Max Planck; translated by Prof. A. P. Wills. Pp. xi + 130. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1915.) Price 1 dollar.
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B., G. (1) Statistical Theory of Energy and Matter (2) Eight Lectures on Theoretical Physics delivered at Columbia University in 1909 . Nature 97, 197–198 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/097197a0
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