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An introduction to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics / by Robert H. Swendsen.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QC174.8 .S84 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swendsen, Robert H.
- Series:
- Oxford graduate texts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Statistical mechanics.
- Thermodynamics.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 401 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The classical ideal gas
- Discrete probability theory
- The classical ideal gas: configurational entropy
- Continuous random numbers
- The classical ideal gas: energy-dependence
- Classical gases: ideal and otherwise
- Temperature, pressure, chemical potential, and all that
- The postulates and laws of thermodynamics
- Perturbations of thermodynamic state functions
- Thermodynamic processes
- Thermodynamic potentials
- The consequences of extensivity
- Thermodynamic identities
- Extremum principles
- Stability conditions
- Phase transitions
- The Nernst postulate: the third law of thermodynamics
- Ensembles in classical statistical mechanics
- Classical ensembles: grand and otherwise
- Irreversibility
- Quantum ensembles
- Quantum canonical ensemble
- Black-body radiation
- The harmonic solid
- Ideal quantum gases
- Bose-Einstein statistics
- Fermi-Dirac statistics
- Insulators and semiconductors
- Phase transitions and the Ising model
- Appendix: computer calculations and VPython.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Jessie A. Rodman Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0199646945
- 9780199646944
- OCLC:
- 761379985
- Publisher Number:
- 99949895899
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