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In this introduction we discuss the historical use of statistical physics to understand the bio-physical world.
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Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906) later derived this result from the kinetic theory of gases [11].
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Ashcroft, P. (2016). Introduction. In: The Statistical Physics of Fixation and Equilibration in Individual-Based Models. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41213-9_1
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