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An Introduction to Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics (UNITEXT for Physics)
Piero Olla
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Description for An Introduction to Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics (UNITEXT for Physics)
Hardcover. Series: Unitext for Physics. Num Pages: 185 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHH; PHS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
This textbook offers an advanced undergraduate or initial graduate level introduction to topics such as kinetic theory, equilibrium statistical mechanics and the theory of fluctuations from a modern perspective. The aim is to provide the reader with the necessary tools of probability theory and thermodynamics (especially the thermodynamic potentials) to enable subsequent study at advanced graduate level. At the same time, the book offers a bird's eye view on arguments that are often disregarded in the main curriculum courses.
Further features include a focus on the interdisciplinary nature of the subject and in-depth discussion of alternative interpretations of the concept ... Read more
This textbook offers an advanced undergraduate or initial graduate level introduction to topics such as kinetic theory, equilibrium statistical mechanics and the theory of fluctuations from a modern perspective. The aim is to provide the reader with the necessary tools of probability theory and thermodynamics (especially the thermodynamic potentials) to enable subsequent study at advanced graduate level. At the same time, the book offers a bird's eye view on arguments that are often disregarded in the main curriculum courses.
Further features include a focus on the interdisciplinary nature of the subject and in-depth discussion of alternative interpretations of the concept ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
UNITEXT for Physics
Number of Pages
185
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319061870
SKU
V9783319061870
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99-15
About Piero Olla
Piero Olla (born in Bolzano in 1960) received his PhD in Physics at the University of California Santa Cruz and was later a post-doc at the University of Chicago in the group of Prof. L.P. Kadanoff. Dr. Olla is a researcher at ISAC-CNR and teaches the course "Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics" at the Physics Department of the University of Cagliari. ... Read more
Reviews for An Introduction to Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics (UNITEXT for Physics)
From the book reviews: “This is an elementary (but very interesting) basic introduction to the road from microscopic physics to macroscopic physics via statistical physics. … It begins with a review of the essential prerequisite of probability and statistics. And the main topics which are dealt with are successively kinetic theory, thermodynamics, equilibrium statistical mechanics and the theory of ... Read more