An introduction to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics
By: Robert H. Swendsen
Series: Oxford graduate texts; Oxford graduate texts
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
ISBN-13: 9780199646944
Subjects: Statistical mechanics; Thermodynamics
Description: This text presents statistical mechanics and thermodynamics as a theoretically integrated field of study. It stresses deep coverage of fundamentals, providing a natural foundation for advanced topics--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The classical ideal gas; title: Discrete probability theory; title: The classical ideal gas: configurational entropy; title: Continuous random numbers; title: The classical ideal gas: energy-dependence; title: Classical gases: ideal and otherwise; title: Temperature, pressure, chemical potential, and all that; title: The postulates and laws of thermodynamics; title: Perturbations of thermodynamic state functions; title: Thermodynamic processes; title: Thermodynamic potentials; title: The consequences of extensivity; title: Thermodynamic identities; title: Extremum principles; title: Stability conditions; title: Phase transitions; title: The Nernst postulate: the third law of thermodynamics; title: Ensembles in classical statistical mechanics; title: Classical ensembles: grand and otherwise; title: Irreversibility; title: Quantum ensembles; title: Quantum canonical ensemble; title: Black-body radiation; title: The harmonic solid; title: Ideal quantum gases; title: Bose-Einstein statistics; title: Fermi-Dirac statistics; title: Insulators and semiconductors; title: Phase transitions and the Ising model; title: Appendix: computer calculations and VPython.