This textbook presents an introduction to the use of probability in physics, treating introductory ideas of both statistical physics and of statistical inference, as well the importance of probability in information theory, quantum mechanics, and stochastic processes, in a unified manner. The book also presents a harmonised view of frequentist and Bayesian approaches to inference, emphasising their complementary value. The aim is to steer a middle course between the "cookbook" style and an overly dry mathematical statistics style. The treatment is driven by real physics examples throughout, but developed with a level of mathematical clarity and rigour appropriate to mid-career physics undergraduates. Exercises and solutions are included.
| ISBN: | 9783030045425 |
| Publication date: | 11th September 2019 |
| Author: | Andy Lawrence |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 347 pages |
| Series: | Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Genres: |
Mathematical physics Cybernetics and systems theory Stochastics Probability and statistics Astronomy, space and time |
This textbook presents an introduction to the use of probability in physics, treating introductory ideas of both statistical physics and of statistical inference, as well the importance of probability in information theory, quantum mechanics, and stochastic processes, in a unified manner. The book also presents a harmonised view of frequentist and Bayesian approaches to inference, emphasising their complementary value. The aim is to steer a middle course between the "cookbook" style and an overly dry mathematical statistics style. The treatment is driven by real physics examples throughout, but developed with a level of mathematical clarity and rigour appropriate to mid-career physics undergraduates. Exercises and solutions are included.
Probability in Physics features in the following genres: Mathematical physics, Cybernetics and systems theory, Stochastics, Probability and statistics, Astronomy, space and time
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Probability in Physics was written by Andy Lawrence and published by Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing
Probability in Physics has 347 pages
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