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Merge consensus

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The results of the merge discussion can be found at Talk:statistical mechanics. Thanks:--Sadi Carnot 15:17, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not convinced. Can you define the difference bewtween the two topics in one or two sentences? --Pjacobi 13:18, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not at this moment, I'm not reading in these areas presently; but in a real simplified manner:

They both have the same basic origin, i.e. Clausius, Maxwell, Boltzmann, and Gibbs, but have since developed their own agenda’s. Also, see: Perrot's A - Z Dictionary of Thermodynamics for more information, which states that "statistical thermodynamics" is sub-division of equilibrium thermodynamics; or you could by read a book on statistical thermodynamics, such as:

  • Erwin, Schrodinger (1946). Statistical Thermodynamics. Dover Publications, Inc.. ISBN 0-486-66101-6.
  • Nash, Leonard K. (1974). Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics, 2nd Ed.. Dover Publications, Inc.. ISBN 0-486-44978-5.
With a slight risk of restarting an old battle, I've posted some suggestions about a general merger of this topic at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Physics#Statistical_physics_.2F_mechanics_.2F_thermodynamics. Djr32 (talk) 13:21, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Branches of thermodynamics

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The following list gives a rough outline as to when the major branches of thermodynamics came into inception:

Nice template (made by User:HappyCamper)

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I found this on User:HappyCamper's page and pasted it here. --Sadi Carnot 02:31, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal

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Statistical thermodynamics is another name for statistical mechanics, therefore there should be one article for the concept, not two.

(I realise that this was discussed 2 years ago at Talk:Statistical mechanics#Merge Statistical thermodynamics, but never seemed to go anywhere.) Djr32 (talk) 23:13, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mechanics or thermodynamics?

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The way that merge was carried out made the article very unclear. See Talk:Statistical mechanics#Mechanics or thermodynamics?. Brian Jason Drake 05:04, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]