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'This is an excellent book from which to learn the methods and results of statistical mechanics.' Nature 'A well written graduate-level text for scientists and engineers... Highly recommended for graduate-level libraries.' Choice

This highly successful text, which first appeared in the year 1972 and has continued to be popular ever since, has now been brought up-to-date by incorporating the remarkable developments in the field of 'phase transitions and critical phenomena' that took place over the intervening years. This has been done by adding three new chapters (comprising over 150 pages and containing over 60 homework problems) which should enhance the usefulness of the book for both students and instructors. We trust that this classic text, which has been widely acclaimed for its clean derivations and clear explanations, will continue to provide further generations of students a sound training in the methods of statistical physics.

"An excellent graduate-level text. The selection of topics is very complete and gives to the student a wide view of the applications of statistical mechanics. The set problems reinforce the theory exposed in the text, helping the student to master the material" Francisco Cevantes University of Texas at El Paso USA

Historical
Introduction
The statistical basis of thermodynamics
Elements of the ensemble theory
The canonical ensemble
The grand canonical ensemble
Formulation of quantum statistics
The theory of simple gases
Ideal Bose systems
Ideal Fermi systems
Statistical mechanics of interacting systems
The method of cluster explansions, the method of quantized fields
Phase transitions: critically, universality and scaling, exact (or almost exact) results for the various models, the renormalization group approach
Fluctuations
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ISBN: 9780750624695
ISBN-10: 0750624698
Audience: Professional
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 544
Published: 6th August 1996
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.6  x 2.7
Weight (kg): 0.798