This is a unique and exciting graduate and advanced undergraduate text written by a highly respected physicist who had made significant contributions to the subject. This book conveys to the reader that statistical mechanics is a growing and lively subject. It deals with many modern topics from a physics standpoint in a very physical way. Particular emphasis is given to the fundamental assumption of statistical mechanics S=1n and its logical foundation. Calculational rules are derived without resorting to abstract ensemble theory.
| ISBN: | 9789971966065 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 1985 |
| Author: | Shangkeng Univ Of California, San Diego, Usa Ma |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 576 pages |
| Genres: |
Statistical physics |