Sturge's Statistical and Thermal Physics, Second Edition

Jeffrey Olafsen

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781482256000
• eBook ISBN: 9781482256031
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Probability & Statistics

The original work by M.D. Sturge has been updated and expanded to include new chapters covering non-equilibrium and biological systems. This second edition re-organizes the material in a more natural manner into four parts that continues to assume no previous knowledge of thermodynamics.

The four divisions of the material introduce the subject inductively and rigorously, beginning with key concepts of equilibrium thermodynamics such as heat, temperature and entropy. The second division focuses on the fundamentals of modern thermodynamics: free energy, chemical potential and the partition function. The second half of the book is then designed with the flexibility to meet the needs of both the instructor and the students, with a third section focused on the different types of gases: ideal, Fermi-Dirac, Bose-Einstein, Black Body Radiation and the Photon gases. In the fourth and final division of the book, modern thermostatistical applications are addressed: semiconductors, phase transitions, transport processes, and finally the new chapters on non-equilibrium and biological systems.

Key Features:

• Provides the most readable, thorough introduction to statistical physics and thermodynamics, with magnetic, atomic, and electrical systems addressed alongside development of fundamental topics at a non-rigorous mathematical level
• Includes brand-new chapters on biological and chemical systems and non-equilibrium thermodynamics, as well as extensive new examples from soft condensed matter and correction of typos from the prior edition
• Incorporates new numerical and simulation exercises throughout the book
• Adds more worked examples, problems, and exercises

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• About the Author
• SECTION I Preamble
• SECTION II The Fundamentals of Modern Thermodynamics
• SECTION III The Thermodynamics of Gases
• SECTION IV Modern Thermostatistical Applications
• Appendix A: Expansion in Series
• Appendix B: Review of Quantized States
• Appendix C: Proof that the Zero’th Law Implies the Existence of Temperature
• Appendix D: Some Results in Probability Theory
• Appendix E: Differentials, Partial Derivatives, and the Maxwell Relations
• Appendix F: Standing Wave Solutions of the Wave Equation
• Appendix G: The Equipartition Theorem
• Appendix H: Some Results in the Kinetic Theory of Gases
• Appendix I: The Correspondence Principle
• Appendix J: The H Function
• Afterword
• Glossary
• List of Symbols
• Physical Constants
• Bibliography
• Index