Basics of statistical physics: a bachelor degree introduction
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Hackensack, NJ
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World Scientific
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c2010
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x, 211 p. : ill
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references )p.203-206( and index
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Harald J.W. Muller-Kirsten
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Statistical mechanics of an ideal gas )Maxwell( -- The a priori probability -- Classical statistics )Maxwell-Boltzmann( -- Entropy -- Quantum statistics -- Exact form of distribution functions -- Application to radiation )Light Quanta( -- Debye theory of specific heat of solids -- Electrons in metals -- Limitations of the preceding theory : improvement with ensemble method -- Averaging instead of maximization, and Bose-Eomstein condensation