Statistical Physics (Physics and Its Applications)

Guenault, A.M.

ISBN 10: 0412579200 / ISBN 13: 9780412579202

Published by Springer, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Statistical Physics (Physics and Its Applications)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0412579200
• ISBN 13: 9780412579202
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In this revised and enlarged second edition of an established text Tony Guénault provides a clear and refreshingly readable introduction to statistical physics, an essential component of any first degree in physics. The treatment itself is self-contained and concentrates on an understanding of the physical ideas, without requiring a high level of mathematical sophistication.

A straightforward quantum approach to statistical averaging is adopted from the outset (easier, the author believes, than the classical approach). The initial part of the book is geared towards explaining the equilibrium properties of a simple isolated assembly of particles. Thus, several important topics, for example an ideal spin-½ solid, can be discussed at an early stage. The treatment of gases gives full coverage to Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics.

Towards the end of the book the student is introduced to a wider viewpoint and new chapters are included on chemical thermodynamics, interactions in, for example, liquid helium-3 and helium-4, and statistics under extreme conditions (superconductivity and astrophysical systems).

About the Author

Tony Guénault is Emeritus Professor of Low Temperature Physics and a former Head of the School of Physics and Materials at Lancaster University, UK