Introductory Statistical Mechanics
Published on 13. June 1996
Book
Hardback
301 pages
978-0-19-851794-8 (ISBN)
Description
The aim of this book is to explain the ideas and techniques of statistical mechanics in a simple and progressive way, starting from the laws of thermodynamics and simple ideas of quantum mechanics. The reader is led through progressively more complex problems with all the mathematical detail explained. This work should be of interest to second or third year undergraduate students of physics or chemistry.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous line figures, tables, bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-851794-8 (9780198517948)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
1: The first law of thermodynamics. 2: Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics. 3: Probability and statistics. 4: The ideas of statistical mechanics. 5: The canonical ensemble. 6: Identical particles. 7: Maxwell distribution of moelcular speeds. 8: Planck's distribution. 9: Systems with variable numbers of particles. 10: Fermi and Bose particles. Appendix A: Thermodynamics in a magnetic field. Appendix B: Useful integrals. Appendix C: The quantum treatment of a diatonic molecule. Appendix D: Travelling waves. Appendix E: Answers to problems. Appendix F: Physical constants