From Microphysics to Macrophysics: Methods and Applications of Statistical Physics (1st ed. 1991. 2nd printing 2006) (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics)
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- Synopsis
- This popular, often cited text returns in a softcover edition to provide a thorough introduction to statistical physics and thermodynamics, and to exhibit the universality of the chain of ideas leading from the laws of microphysics to the macroscopic behaviour of matter. A wide range of applications illustrates the concepts, and many exercises reinforce understanding. Volume I discusses the probabilistic description of quantum or classical systems, the Boltzmann-Gibbs distributions, the conservation laws, and the interpretation of entropy as missing information. Thermodynamics and electromagnetism in matter are dealt with, as well as applications to dilute and condensed gases, and to phase transitions.
- Copyright:
- 1991
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- ISBN-13:
- 9783540454755
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783540454694
- Publisher:
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Date of Addition:
- 08/16/22
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Earth Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Translator:
- Dirk Haar
- Translator:
- John F. Gregg
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