Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Random walks
- 2 Review of thermodynamics
- 3 The postulates of statistical physics. Thermodynamic equilibrium
- 4 Statistical thermodynamics: developments and applications
- 5 The classical ideal gas
- 6 The quantum ideal gas
- 7 Magnetism
- 8 The Ising model
- 9 Liquid crystals
- 10 Phase transitions and critical phenomena
- 11 Irreversible processes
- Appendix A Values of some fundamental physical constants
- Appendix B Some useful unit conversions
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Random walks
- 2 Review of thermodynamics
- 3 The postulates of statistical physics. Thermodynamic equilibrium
- 4 Statistical thermodynamics: developments and applications
- 5 The classical ideal gas
- 6 The quantum ideal gas
- 7 Magnetism
- 8 The Ising model
- 9 Liquid crystals
- 10 Phase transitions and critical phenomena
- 11 Irreversible processes
- Appendix A Values of some fundamental physical constants
- Appendix B Some useful unit conversions
- Index
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- Introduction to Statistical Physics , pp. 324 - 331Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014