Introduction to modern statistical mechanics /

"[This] book contains concise explanations of such fundamentals as the connection between measurements and ensemble averages, discussions of equilibrium fluctuations and stability criteria, and the utility of Legendre transforms. It also explores many of the traditional elementary applications...

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Main Author: Chandler, David, 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.
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245 1 0 |a Introduction to modern statistical mechanics /  |c David Chandler. 
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300 |a xiii, 274 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 25 cm 
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505 0 |a Thermodynamics, fundamentals -- Conditions for equilibrium and stability -- Statistical mechanics -- Non-interacting (ideal) systems -- Statistical mechanical theory of phase transitions -- Monte Carlo method in statistical mechanics -- Classical fluids -- Statistical mechanics of non-equilibrium systems. 
520 |a "[This] book contains concise explanations of such fundamentals as the connection between measurements and ensemble averages, discussions of equilibrium fluctuations and stability criteria, and the utility of Legendre transforms. It also explores many of the traditional elementary applications of statistical mechanics. Most importantly, it treats the principles and basic methods of time correlation functions (including the fluctuation-dissipation theorem and the Langevin equation), renormalization group theory, Monte Carlo simulations, and liquid structure."--Back cover. 
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