Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol. 40, Nos. 5/6, 1985. p. 783-785.
Imagine going back in time and meeting with the great physicists of a previous era. Could you explain to them our view of their outstanding problems and convince them to abandon their theories? Brush, in a masterful account of the history of statistical and atomic physics, shows what difficulties you might encounter. As with Brush's first chapter, let us take the kinetic theory of gases as an example...