Home › Entities › branch_of_mechanics › statistical mechanics

statistical mechanics

physics of large number of particles' statistical behavior
Thing branch_of_mechanics Q188715
statistical mechanics
J. Willard Gibbs · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

statistical mechanics is a branch of mechanics[1]. It draws 3,257 Wikipedia views per month (branch of mechanics category, ranking #5 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: branch of chemistry[3]
  • Subclass of: statistical physics[4], mechanics[5]
  • Commons category: Statistical mechanics[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Statistical mechanics[7]
  • Facet of: statistical physics[8], mechanics[9]
  • Topic has template: Template:Statistical mechanics[10], Template:Statistical mechanics topics[11]
  • Different from: quantum statistical mechanics[12]
  • Practiced by: statistical mechanician[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]

Why It Matters

statistical mechanics has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Allan J. Lichtenberg Enrico Fermi Giorgio Parisi Hala Nelson Maria Göppert Mayer Nikolai Bogolyubov Richard Chace Tolman Yakov Sinai Zahari Zlatev

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). statistical mechanics. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/statistical-mechanics
MLA “statistical mechanics.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/statistical-mechanics.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_statistical-mechanics_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{statistical mechanics}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/statistical-mechanics}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): statistical mechanics — https://4ort.xyz/entity/statistical-mechanics (retrieved 2026-10-13)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/statistical-mechanics · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2T9tfh
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0007317-statisticka-mechanika
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0007317-statisticka-mechanika, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 19w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    World of physics id → StatisticalMechanics
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ World of physics id: StatisticalMechanics, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/45062603|Statistical Mechanics (#45062603)]] for {{P|5064}}"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nci thesaurus id → C19652
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007531887605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  5. 23w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Umls cui → C1514960
    Local thumb → —
    Different from → quantum statistical mechanics
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Umls cui: C1514960"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.