From Microphysics to Macrophysics
Methods and Applications of Statistical Physics. Volume I
Roger Balian author Dirk Haar translator John F Gregg translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Published:13th Nov '06
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This popular, often cited text returns in a softcover edition to provide a thorough introduction to statistical physics and thermodynamics, and to exhibit the universality of the chain of ideas leading from the laws of microphysics to the macroscopic behaviour of matter. A wide range of applications illustrates the concepts, and many exercises reinforce understanding. Volume I discusses the probabilistic description of quantum or classical systems, the Boltzmann-Gibbs distributions, the conservation laws, and the interpretation of entropy as missing information. Thermodynamics and electromagnetism in matter are dealt with, as well as applications to dilute and condensed gases, and to phase transitions.
ISBN: 9783540454694
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1500g
465 pages
1st ed. 1991. 2nd printing 2006