02443cam a22003857a 4500 17083286 OSt 20150408114200.0 111214s2012 enka 001 0 eng d 2011945381 GBB1D1178 bnb 015969117 Uk 9780199646944 (hbk.) 0199646945 (hbk.) (OCoLC)ocn761379985 UKMGB UKMGB YDXCP BTCTA UKWOH OUP BWX DLC lccopycat QC174.8 .S94 2012 530.13 23 SRI Swendsen, Robert H. 41454 An introduction to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics / Robert H. Swendsen. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. xx, 401 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Oxford graduate texts Includes index. Introduction -- The classical ideal gas -- Discrete probability theory -- The classical ideal gas: configurational entropy -- Continuous random numbers -- The classical ideal gas: energy-dependence -- Classical gases: ideal and otherwise -- Temperature, pressure, chemical potential, and all that -- The postulates and laws of thermodynamics -- Perturbations of thermodynamic state functions -- Thermodynamic processes -- Thermodynamic potentials -- The consequences of extensivity -- Thermodynamic identities -- Extremum principles -- Stability conditions -- Phase transitions -- The Nernst postulate: the third law of thermodynamics -- Ensembles in classical statistical mechanics -- Classical ensembles: grand and otherwise -- Irreversibility -- Quantum ensembles -- Quantum canonical ensemble -- Black-body radiation -- The harmonic solid -- Ideal quantum gases -- Bose-Einstein statistics -- Fermi-Dirac statistics -- Insulators and semiconductors -- Phase transitions and the Ising model -- Appendix: computer calculations and VPython. This text presents statistical mechanics and thermodynamics as a theoretically integrated field of study. It stresses deep coverage of fundamentals, providing a natural foundation for advanced topics-- Statistical mechanics. 15438 Thermodynamics. Oxford graduate texts. 19439 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BOOK 32881 267381 0 2014-01-06 0 0 530.13 SRI 2014-01-06 CL CL 2014-01-06 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 0