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Concepts and relationships in thermal and statistical physics form the foundation for describing systems consisting of macroscopically large numbers of particles. Developing microscopic statistical physics and macroscopic classical thermodynamic descriptions in tandem, Statistical and Thermal Physics: An Introduction provides insight into basic con
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Physical Constants
- Chapter 1: Introduction: Basic Concepts
- Chapter 2: Energy: The First Law
- Chapter 3: Entropy: TheĀ Second Law
- Chapter 4: Microstates for Large Systems
- Chapter 5: Entropy and Temperature: Microscopic Statistical Interpretation
- Chapter 6: Zero Kelvin and the Third Law
- Chapter 7: Application of Thermodynamics to Gases: The Maxwell Relations
- Chapter 8: Applications of Thermodynamics to Condensed Matter
- Chapter 9: Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena
- Chapter 10: Ensembles and the Canonical Distribution
- Chapter 11: The Grand Canonical Distribution
- Chapter 12: The Quantum Distribution Functions
- Chapter 13: Ideal Fermi Gas
- Chapter 14: Ideal Bose Gas
- Chapter 15: Photons and PhononsāThe āPlanck Gasā
- Chapter 16: The Classical Ideal Gas
- Chapter 17: Nonideal Systems
- Chapter 18: The Density Matrix
- Chapter 19: Reactions and Related Processes
- Chapter 20: Introduction to Irreversible Thermodynamics
- Appendix A: Useful Mathematical Relationships
- Appendix B: The Binomial Distribution
- Appendix C: Elements of Quantum Mechanics
- Appendix D: The Legendre Transform in Thermodynamics
- Appendix E: Recommended Texts on Statistical and Thermal Physics
- Back Cover