Statistical Mechanics by Franz Schwabl.

The completely revised new edition of the classical book on Statistical Mechanics covers the basic concepts of equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics. In addition to a deductive approach to equilibrium statistics and thermodynamics based on a single hypothesis - the form of the microcan...

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Main Author: Schwabl, Franz (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:2nd ed. 2006.
Series:Advanced Texts in Physics,
Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Basic Principles
  • Equilibrium Ensembles
  • Thermodynamics
  • Ideal Quantum Gases
  • Real Gases, Liquids, and Solutions
  • Magnetism
  • Phase Transitions, Scale Invariance, Renormalization Group Theory, and Percolation
  • Brownian Motion, Equations of Motion, and the Fokker-Planck Equations
  • The Boltzmann Equation
  • Irreversibility and the Approach to Equilibrium.