A Physics Today feature tracing the history of the phase-space concept in statistical mechanics, from Liouville 1838 volume-conservation result through Gibbs own 1902 formalization to the Ehrenfests 1911 coining of the term itself.
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PublisherPhysics Today (American Institute of Physics)
URLhttps://physicstoday.aip.org/features/the-tangled-tale-of-phase-space
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Physics history feature in a major physics membership magazine (American Institute of Physics); tier 2, matching the family own live Wikipedia-tier secondary sources on this atlas. Sources
The Tangled Tale of Phase Space (Physics Today)
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