An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Oxford Graduate Texts)

Swendsen, Robert H.

ISBN 10: 0198853238 / ISBN 13: 9780198853237

Published by Oxford University Press, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Oxford Graduate Texts)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198853238
• ISBN 13: 9780198853237
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics returns with a second edition includes new chapters, further explorations, and updated information into the study of statistical mechanics and thermal dynamics.

About the Author

Robert Swendsen, Emeritus Professor, Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University

Robert Swendsen received his BS from Yale and his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. He did postdoctoral work at the Universitat zu Koln, Germany, the Kernforschungsanlage in Julich, Germany, and Brookhaven National Laboratory. From 1978 to 1984 he worked at the IBM Zurich Research Center. In 1984, he joined Carnegie Mellon University.

He is a Fellow of both the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was given an IBM
Outstanding Achievement Award in 1981 and shared a Forefronts of Large-Scale Computational Problems Award with S. Kumar, J.M. Rosenberg, and P.A. Kollman in 1991. He was awarded the 2014 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics and the 2014 Julius Ashkin Teaching Award in the Mellon College of Science at Carnegie Mellon University.