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020			_a9780199646944 (hbk.)
020			_a0199646945 (hbk.)
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050	0	0	_aQC174.8 _b.S94 2012
082	0	4	_a530.13 _223 _bSRI
100	1		_aSwendsen, Robert H. _941454
245	1	3	_aAn introduction to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics / _cRobert H. Swendsen.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2012.
300			_axx, 401 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
490	1		_aOxford graduate texts
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
520	8		_aThis 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--
650		0	_aStatistical mechanics. _915438
650		0	_aThermodynamics.
830		0	_aOxford graduate texts. _919439
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