Elementary Statistical Physics Contributor(s): Kittel, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486435148 ISBN-13: 9780486435145 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: Geared toward graduate students in physics, this text covers such important topics as the properties of the Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distributions; the interrelated subjects of fluctuations, thermal noise, and Brownian movement; and the thermodynamics of irreversible processes. Most sections include illustrative problems. 1958 edition. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - General |
Dewey: 530.13 |
LCCN: 2003064715 |
Series: Dover Books on Physics |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.54" W x 8.48" (0.59 lbs) 228 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Noteworthy for the philosophical subtlety of its foundations and the elegance of its problem-solving methods, statistical mechanics can be employed in a broad range of applications -- among them, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, nuclear and solid state physics, communications engineering, metallurgy, and mathematics. Geared toward graduate students in physics, this text covers such important topics as stochastic processes and transport theory in order to provide students with a working knowledge of statistical mechanics. |