Table of Contents:
  • The laws of thermodynamics / P.T. Landsberg
  • Statistical theory of information and of ensembles / P.T. Landsberg
  • Statistical mechanics of ideal systems / P.T. Landsberg
  • Ideal classical gases of polyatomic molecules / C.J. Wormald
  • Ideal relativistic classical and quantum gases / P.T. Lansberg
  • Non-electrolyte liquids and solutions / A.J.B. Cruickshank
  • Phase stability, co-existence, and criticality / A.J.B. Cruickshank
  • Surfaces / J.M. Haynes
  • The imperfect classical gas / P.C. Hemmer
  • The imperfect quantum gas / D. ter Haar
  • Phase transitions / D. ter Haar
  • Cooperative phenomean / D. ter Haar
  • Green function methods / D. ter Haar
  • The plasma / D. ter Haar
  • Negative temperatures and population inversion / U.M. Titulaer
  • Recombination rate theory in semiconductors / J.S. Blakemore
  • Transport in gases / D.J. Griffiths
  • Transport in metals / J.M. Honig
  • Transport in semiconductors / J.M. Honig
  • Fluctuations of energy and number of particles / C.W. McCombie
  • Fluctuations of general classical mechanical variables / C.W. McCombie
  • Fluctuations of thermodynamic variables : constant pressure systems, isolated systems / C.W. McCombie
  • Time dependence of fluctuations : correlation functions, power spectra, Wiener-Hintchine relations / C.W. McCombie
  • Nyquist's theorem and its generalisations / C.W. McCombie
  • Onsager relations / C.W. McCombie
  • Stochastic methods : master equation and Fokker-Planck equation / I. Oppenheim, K.E. Shuler, G.H. Weiss
  • Ergodic theory, H-theorems, recurrence problems / D. ter Haar
  • Variational principles and minimum entropy production / S. Simons.