Название: Statistical Thermophysics,1st Edition edition
Автор: Harry S. Robertson
Издательство: Prentice Hall
Год: 1992
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 594
Размер: 51,0 МБ
Язык: English
Statistical physics, mostly from the viewpoint of information theory, is the subject of this book, with the author freely admitting his intent to follow the work of Gibbs, Callen, Jaynes, and others in laying the foundations of the subject, and not that of Boltzmann. Without space to debate this approach here, what will be done is to emphasize the unique features of the book that have proven interesting or useful for study.
Based on the Gibbs maximum- entropy formalism, this statistical mechanics text offers the most direct, precise, and comprehensible foundation for the development of thermal physics, both macroscopic and statistical. Presenting a general entropy- maximizing variational principle for thermostatics and equilibrium statistical mechanics, the book also covers modern topics of phase transitions, critical phenomena, renormalization, interacting systems, and more. Of interest to physical chemists and professional physicists who need to update their reference libraries.