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Statistical mechanics : enthropy, order parameters, and complexit y / James P. Sethna

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2006Description: xix, 349 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780198566779
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.13
Contents:
What is statistical mechanics? -- Random walks with emergent propert ies. -- Temperature and equilibrium. -- Phase-space dynamics and ergod icity. -- Entropy. -- Free energies. -- Quantum statistical mechanics. -- Calculation and computation. -- Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology. -- Correlations, response, and dissipation. -- Abrupt ph ase transitions. -- Continuous phase transitions. -- Appendix: Fourier methods.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

What is statistical mechanics? -- Random walks with emergent propert ies. -- Temperature and equilibrium. -- Phase-space dynamics and ergod icity. -- Entropy. -- Free energies. -- Quantum statistical mechanics. -- Calculation and computation. -- Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology. -- Correlations, response, and dissipation. -- Abrupt ph ase transitions. -- Continuous phase transitions. -- Appendix: Fourier methods.

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