TITLE: Reference on the history of ergodic theory
QUESTION [7 upvotes]: I'm looking for some good books on the history of ergodic theory. I'm a Ph.D student in the field, and I am taking Steven Weinberg's advice to learn about the history of my field:
http://math.stanford.edu/~vakil/files/nature.pdf
My background is in physics as an undergraduate, so any references that are heavy on thermodynamics and statistical physics are welcome. A good reference on ergodic theory must include these subjects, in my opinion.
Thanks for your suggestions!

REPLY [3 votes]: I believe it is hard to come by a historical account of ergodic theory on its own, instead any such account will be on dynamics (or "dynamics & ergodic theory", depending on your personal convictions). Keeping this in mind there are a few nice resources I believe (as a disclaimer I will also include some popular mathematics/science books as well):

Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick
Philosophy and the Foundations of Dynamics by Lawrence Sklar
The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge by William Poundstone
The documentary Chaos by Jos Leys, Étienne Ghys and Aurélien Alvarez
Historical accounts of Anatole Katok
First section of John Milnor's lecture notes on dynamics, and the references therein.