عنوان

An introduction to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics

Standard Number

electronic

First Statement of Responsibility

Swendsen, Robert H.

Title Proper

An introduction to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Oxford ; New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2012

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xx, 401 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series Title

Oxford graduate texts

Text of Note

Includes index

Text of Note

Robert H. Swendsen

Text of Note

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

Entry Element

، Statistical mechanics

Entry Element

، Thermodynamics

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SE Oxford graduate texts