عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
استان: Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari ـ شهر: Shahr e kord
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
019856676X (hbk.)
English Book
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Statistical mechanics
Other Title Information
entropy, order parameters, and complexity
First Statement of Responsibility
James P. Sethna
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Oxford ;New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xix, 349 p. , ill. , 26 cm.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
What is statistical mechanics? -- Random walks with emergent properties. -- Temperature and equilibrium. -- Phase-space dynamics and ergodicity. -- Entropy. -- Free energies. -- Quantum statistical mechanics. -- Calculation and computation. -- Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology. -- Correlations, response, and dissipation. -- Abrupt phase transitions. -- Continuous phase transitions. -- Appendix: Fourier methods.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]&-321) and index.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Entry Element
Statistical mechanics
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Entry Element
Sethna, James P.
