Name: Elementary Statistical Physics (Dover Books on Physics)
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Author: Kittel, Charles
ISBN: 9780486435145

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Elementary Statistical Physics (Dover Books on Physics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Charles Kittel

Publisher

Dover Publications

Year

2004

Language

English

Pages

228

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.5 x 14.1 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN

0486435148

ISBN13

9780486435145

Synopsis "Elementary Statistical Physics (Dover Books on Physics) "

Noteworthy for the philosophical subtlety of its foundations and the elegance of its problem-solving methods, statistical mechanics can be employed in a broad range of applications -- among them, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, nuclear and solid state physics, communications engineering, metallurgy, and mathematics. Geared toward graduate students in physics, this text covers such important topics as stochastic processes and transport theory in order to provide students with a working knowledge of statistical mechanics.To explain the fundamentals of his subject, the author uses the method of ensembles developed by J. Willard Gibbs. Topics include the properties of the Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distributions; the interrelated subjects of fluctuations, thermal noise, and Brownian movement; and the thermodynamics of irreversible processes.Negative temperature, magnetic energy, density matrix methods, and the Kramers-Kronig causality relations are treated briefly. Most sections include illustrative problems. Appendix. 28 figures. 1 table.