Statistical Mechanics
Subtitle: From First Principles to Macroscopic Phenomena
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 4, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780521825757
Subjects: Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids); Theoretical methods; Science/Mathematics; Science; Mechanics - General; Science / Mathematical Physics; Physics
Description: "Based on the author's graduate course taught over many years in several physics departments, this book takes a "reductionist" view of statistical mechanics, while describing the main ideas and methods underlying its applications. It implicitly assumes that the physics of complex systems as observed is connected to fundamental physical laws represented at the molecular level by Newtonian mechanics or quantum mechanics."--Jacket.