Introductory statistical mechanics / Roger Bowley, Mariana Sánchez.
"The aim of this book is to explain the ideas and techniques of statistical mechanics in a simple and progressive way. Topics and exercises come from the author's course lectures and have been made accessible to undergraduates. Included are lectures on the first and second laws ofthermodyn...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
1996.
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| Summary: | "The aim of this book is to explain the ideas and techniques of statistical mechanics in a simple and progressive way. Topics and exercises come from the author's course lectures and have been made accessible to undergraduates. Included are lectures on the first and second laws ofthermodynamics; key ideas of probability and statistical mechanics; and the connection between the entropy and the number of quantum states. The reader is led through progressively more complex problems with full mathematical details explained."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-283) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198517947 9780198517948 0198517939 9780198517931 |