The Legacy of Tatjana Afanassjewa Philosophical Insights from the Work of an Original Physicist and Mathematician Jos Uffink

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• ISBN-10: 3030479706
• ISBN-13: 978-3030479701
• Author: Jos Uffink, Giovanni Valente, Charlotte Werndl, Lena Zuchowski

This book presents a collection of essays that explore the life and works of Tatjana Afanassjewa (1876–1964), a Russian–Dutch physicist–mathematician. Readers will discover a scientist whose work on the foundations of thermodynamics significantly influenced the field itself as well as the philosophy of physics. This book highlights the philosophical consequences of her work in physics and mathematics and discusses historical aspects of her writings on the foundations of physics. In addition, it features English translations and critical reviews of key selections from her texts.

First and foremost, the book highlights the numerous contributions that Afanassjewa made to the field. In particular, the authors examine her work on the foundations of thermodynamics and statistical physics, starting in the 1920s and extending to 1956, well after the untimely death of her husband in 1933. They also explore her almost entirely forgotten work on the didactics of mathematics. In addition,they discuss her influential collaboration with her husband, the Austrian physicist Paul Ehrenfest (1880–1933).

The portrait that emerges is that of a highly original physicist and mathematician, whose legacy continues to influence scientists and philosophers today and whose lesser-known works deserve more attention than they have received. Readers will find a rich body of work that continues to this day to yield insights into the foundations of physics and mathematics.

Table of contents:

Cover
Front Matter
Part I. Tatiana Afanassjewa’s Life and Forgotten Legacy
1. Tatiana Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa: No Talent for Subservience
2. Intuition, Understanding, and Proof: Tatiana Afanassjewa on Teaching and Learning Geometry
3. Afanassjewa and the Foundations of Thermodynamics
Part II. The Ehrenfests’ Work on the Foundations of Statistical Mechanics
4. Ehrenfest and Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa on Why Boltzmannian and Gibbsian Calculations Agree
5. Ehrenfest and Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa on the Ergodic Hypothesis
6. The Ehrenfests’ Use of Toy Models to Explore Irreversibility in Statistical Mechanics
Part III. Translations From German and Dutch
7. Translation from German: Foundations of Thermodynamics 1925 and 1956
8. Translation from Dutch: Papers on the Pedagogy of Mathematic

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