Statistical mechanics : a short treatise

Author(s)

• Gallavotti, Giovanni

Bibliographic Information

Statistical mechanics : a short treatise

Giovanni Gallavotti

（Texts and monographs in physics）

Springer, c1999

Note

Bibliography: p. [313]-329

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This clear book presents a critical and modern analysis of the conceptual foundations of statistical mechanics as laid down in Boltzmann's works. The author emphasises the relation between microscopic reversibility and macroscopic irreversibility, explaining fundamental concepts in detail.

Table of Contents

1. Classical Statistical Mechanics.- 2. Statistical Ensembles.- 3. Equipartition and Critique.- 4. Thermodynamic Limit and Stability.- 5. Phase Transitions.- 6. Coexistence of Phases.- 7. Exactly Soluble Models.- 8. Brownian Motion.- 9. Coarse Graining and Nonequilibrium.- Name Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA42864826
• ISBN:
  • 3540648836
• LCCN: 99014929
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berlin ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 339 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QC174.8
  • DC21 : 530.13
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Statistical mechanics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00216852