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Introduction to statistical physics and to computer simulations
Introdução à física estatística. English
Random walks -- Review of thermodynamics -- The postulates of statistical physics. Thermodynamic equilibrium -- Statistical thermodynamics : developments and applications -- The classical ideal gas -- The quantum ideal gas -- Magnetism -- The Ising model -- Liquid crystals -- Phase transitions and critical phenomena -- Irreversible processes.
João Paulo Casquilho, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, Paulo Ivo Cortez Teixeira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal.
A translation from the Portuguese language edition of Introdução à física estatística.
Includes bibliographical references and index.