Gibbs's own framework for statistical mechanics, based on ensembles of macroscopically indistinguishable microstates, could be carried over almost intact after the discovery that the microscopic laws of nature obey quantum rules, rather than the classical laws known to Gibbs and to his contemporaries.
Gibsov sopstven okvir za statističku mehaniku, baziran na ansamblu makroskopski neprimetnih mikrostanja, mogao je da bude prenesen skoro u potpunosti nakon otkrića da mikroskopski zakoni prirode slede kvantna pravila, pre nego klasične zakone koje su Gibs i njegovi savremenici poznavali.