Statistical and Thermal Physics
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Statistical and Thermal Physics

With Computer Applications, Second Edition

Harvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik

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Statistical and Thermal Physics

With Computer Applications, Second Edition

Harvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik

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A completely revised edition that combines a comprehensive coverage of statistical and thermal physics with enhanced computational tools, accessibility, and active learning activities to meet the needs of today's students and educators This revised and expanded edition of Statistical and Thermal Physics introduces students to the essential ideas and techniques used in many areas of contemporary physics. Ready-to-run programs help make the many abstract concepts concrete. The text requires only a background in introductory mechanics and some basic ideas of quantum theory, discussing material typically found in undergraduate texts as well as topics such as fluids, critical phenomena, and computational techniques, which serve as a natural bridge to graduate study.

  • Completely revised to be more accessible to students
  • Encourages active reading with guided problems tied to the text
  • Updated open source programs available in Java, Python, and JavaScript
  • Integrates Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations and other numerical techniques
  • Self-contained introductions to thermodynamics and probability, including Bayes' theorem
  • A fuller discussion of magnetism and the Ising model than other undergraduate texts
  • Treats ideal classical and quantum gases within a uniform framework
  • Features a new chapter on transport coefficients and linear response theory
  • Draws on findings from contemporary research
  • Solutions manual (available only to instructors)

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9780691230849
Topic
Sciences physiques
Subtopic
Physique
SUGGESTIONS
FOR
FURTHER
READING
ā€¢
29
a
good
idea
to
look
at
several
books
while
you
are
learning
a
subject.
Sometimes
the
same
argument
with
slightly
different
wording
can
seem
clearer.
Peter
Atkins,
The
Laws
of
Thermodynamics:
A
Very
Short
Introduction
,
Oxford
University
Press
(2010).
Stephen
Blundell
and
Katherine
Blundell,
Thermal
Physics
,
2nd
ed.,
Oxford
University
Press
(2006).
Craig
F.
Bohren
and
Bruce
A.
Albrecht,
Atmospheric
Thermodynamics
,
Oxford
University
Press
(1998).
F.
Mandl,
Statistical
Physics
,
2nd
ed.,
John
Wiley
&
Sons
(1988).
F.
Reif,
Statistical
Physics
,
Vol.
5
of
the
Berkeley
Physics
Series,
McGraw-Hill
(1967).
This
text
was
probably
the
ļ¬rst
to
make
use
of
computer
simulations
to
explain
some
of
the
basic
properties
of
macroscopic
systems.
F.
Reif,
Fundamentals
of
Statistical
and
Thermal
Physics
,
McGraw-Hill
(1965).
This
classic
text
is
now
published
by
Waveland
Press.
Our
presentation
owes
a
large
debt
to
the
two
books
by
Reif
on
statistical
physics.
Daniel
V.
Schroeder,
An
Introduction
to
Thermal
Physics
,
Addison-Wesley
(2000).

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