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
Statistical mechanics: from first principles to macroscopic phenomena
โ Scribed by J. Woods Halley
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 297
- Category
- Library
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