Statistical Thermodynamics and Properties of Matter
Editorial Reviews
I.A. Campbell of Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
"The book is comprehensive and clear. Anyone who follows the book through will get an excellent grounding in the subject."
Book Description
Statistical Thermodynamics and Properties of Matter is written with the advanced undergraduate and graduate student in mind. Its aim is to familiarize the student with the approach that a physicist would take, for example, when tackling problems related to quantum mechanics or thermodynamics.
The textbook is organized as a progressive development of statistical theory, which is treated in two steps. First, an elementary development is given that describes systems of noninteracting particles: ideal molecular gasses, ideal paramagnetism, photon and phonon gases, superfluid helium, free electrons in metals. Second, Gibbs Ensemble Theory is developed and applied to systems of interacting particles: magnetic phases, real gases and liquids, superconductors and phase transitions.
Theoretical chapters are interwoven with chapters on the properties of matter; various physical phenomena are treated both from an experimental point of view and as a direct application of theoretical concepts. Up-to-
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