One of the principal objects of theoretical research in my department of knowledge is to find the point of view from which the subject appears in its…

- J. Willard Gibbs

The laws of thermodynamics, as empirically determined, express the approximate and probable behavior of systems of a great number of particles, or, m…

- J. Willard Gibbs

Mathematics is a language

- J. Willard Gibbs

A mathematician may say anything he pleases, but a physicist must be at least partially sane.

- J. Willard Gibbs

We avoid the gravest difficulties when, giving up the attempt to frame hypotheses concerning the constitution of matter, we pursue statistical inquir…

- J. Willard Gibbs