Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies
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v. 5, 9
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes index.
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Translation of Statisticheskai︠a︡ fizika.
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Volume 1: Third edition, revised and enlarged by E.M Lifshitz and L.P. Pitaevskii; volume 2: second edition, revised and enlarged, authored by Lifshitz and Pitaevskii.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The fundamental principles of statistical physics -- Thermodynamic quantities -- The Gibbs distribution -- Ideal gases -- The Fermi and Bose distributions -- Solids -- Non-ideal gases -- Phase equilibrium -- Solutions -- Chemical reactions -- Properties of matter at very high density -- Fluctuations -- The symmetry of crystals -- Phase transitions of the second kind and critical phenomena -- Surfaces -- The normal Fermi liquid -- Green's functions in a Fermi system at T=0 -- Superfluidity -- Green's functions at non-zero temperatures -- Superconductivity -- Electrons in the crystal lattice -- Magnetism -- Electromagnetic fluctuations -- Hydrodynamic fluctuations.