Statistical Mechanics From First Principles to Macroscopic Phenomena Halley

Statistical Mechanics From First Principles to Macroscopic Phenomena\nby J. Woods Halley\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: J. Woods Halley\nTitle: Statistical Mechanics From First Principles to Macroscopic Phenomena\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics)\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 2006\nISBN-13: 9780521825757\nISBN-10: 052182575X\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nBased on the author's graduate course taught over many years in several physics departments, this 2006 book takes a 'reductionist' view of statistical mechanics, while describing the main ideas and methods underlying its applications. It implicitly assumes that the physics of complex systems as observed is connected to fundamental p.