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

From Microphysics to Macrophysics cover

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