Statistical Mechanics
Subtitle: A Concise Introduction for Chemists
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 3, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780521009669
Subjects: Theoretical methods; Thermochemistry & chemical thermodynamics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical; Mathematical Physics; Nuclear Physics; Science / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical; Statistical mechanics
First sentence: Statistical mechanics is the theoretical apparatus with which one studies the properties of macroscopic systems - systems made up of many atoms or molecules - and relates those properties to the system's microscopic constitution.