An introduction to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics
Robert H. Swendsen (Author)
An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics returns with a second edition which includes new chapters, further explorations, and updated information into the study of statistical mechanics and thermal dynamics. This new edition presents a derivation of the entropy of an ideal gas, using only classical concepts, it builds on this to motivate thermodynamic postulates, from which the full structure of thermodynamics is developed. The second half of the book is devoted to the explanation of important systems and methods in classical and quantum statistical mechanics
Print Book, English, 2020
Second edition
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2020