https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/s13129-021-00029-2
Regular Article
Boltzmann’s reply to the Loschmidt paradox: a commented translation
CNRS, UMR 7219: Sciences Philosophie Histoire, Paris, France
Received:
29
June
2021
Accepted:
23
August
2021
Published online:
26
November
2021
Boltzmann’s reply to Loschmidt’s reversibility paradox (1877) has baffled many readers, owing to imprecise language and unproven assumptions. Based on a new translation and detailed commentary, it will be shown that this text nevertheless contains the essentials of a correct, insightful interpretation of thermodynamic irreversibility in statistico-mechanical context.
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021
