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One reason I accepted the invitation to speak on this subject is to correct misunderstandings about my opinion of Gibbs. Gibbs needs no estimate from me, but I must defend myself against the contempt I should justly suffer, were I to be so deficient in science and taste as to place his achievements at any level but the highest.
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Truesdell, C. (1986). What Did Gibbs and Carathéodory Leave Us About Thermodynamics?. In: Serrin, J. (eds) New Perspectives in Thermodynamics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70803-9_7
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