TY - BOOK AU - Sethna, James P. TI - Statistical mechanics: enthropy, order parameters, and complexit y SN - 9780198566779 U1 - 530.13 PY - 2006/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Statistical mechanics N1 - 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 ER -