Detalhes bibliográficos
| Ano de defesa: |
2018 |
| Autor(a) principal: |
Cacione, Andrezza
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| Orientador(a): |
Goldfarb, José Luiz |
| Banca de defesa: |
Não Informado pela instituição |
| Tipo de documento: |
Dissertação
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| Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: |
por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
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| Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em História da Ciência
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| Departamento: |
Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia
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| País: |
Brasil
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| Palavras-chave em Inglês: |
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| Área do conhecimento CNPq: |
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| Link de acesso: |
https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21276
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Resumo: |
The work in question discusses the usage of probabilistic arguments on the Kinetic Theory of gases by James Clerk Maxwell, more specifically when describing the speed of the gas particles. The reflection on the gas behavior and its constituents develops during the 19th century. In this context, it can be verified the use of probabilist arguments in formulation of this knowledge. This work aims to identify the factors that influenced the use of such probabilistic arguments in the development of the Kinetic Theory of gas by Maxwell, and in which sense his approach differentiates from the existing ones, since the probability was already considered in previous formulations of the same theory. In order to identify the subjects studied by Maxwell and the varieties of reflections to which he was exposed, we searched for information on the calendar of the Cambridge University in the period he frequented the institution, we also researched papers published which he might have had contact with and letters exchanged with family and friends |
