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040			_aCSL _beng _cCSL
041			_aeng
084			_aCN,9B36 P7;15 _qCSL
100			_aKardar, Mehran _eauthor _9713590
245		0	_aStatistical physics of particles
260			_aCambridge: _bCambridge University Press, _c2007.
300			_ax; 320p.
500			_aIndex 318-320p.
520			_aStatistical physics has its origins in attempts to describe the thermal properties of matter in terms of its constituent particles, and has played a fundamental role in the development of quantum mechanics. Based on lectures taught by Professor Kardar at MIT, this textbook introduces the central concepts and tools of statistical physics. It contains a chapter on probability and related issues such as the central limit theorem and information theory, and covers interacting particles, with an extensive description of the van der Waals equation and its derivation by mean field approximation. It also contains an integrated set of problems, with solutions to selected problems at the end of the book and a complete set of solutions is available to lecturers on a password protected website at www.cambridge.org/9780521873420. A companion volume, Statistical Physics of Fields, discusses non-mean field aspects of scaling and critical phenomena, through the perspective of renormalization group.
650			_a Probability _9817883
650			_a Statistical physics _9817884
650			_a Thermodynamics _9817885
650			_aGeneral Science _9391529
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