Statistical Mechanics : entropy, order parameters, and complexity /
Sethna, James P.
Statistical Mechanics : entropy, order parameters, and complexity / James P. Sethna. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2006. - xix, 349 p. - Oxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics Oxford master series in physics ; .
What is statistical mechanics? -- Random walks with emergent properties. -- Temperature and equilibrium. -- Phase-space dynamics and ergodicity. -- Entropy. -- Free energies. -- Quantum statistical mechanics. -- Calculation and computation. -- Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology. -- Correlations, response, and dissipation. -- Abrupt phase transitions. -- Continuous phase transitions. -- Appendix: Fourier methods.
9780198566779
Statistical mechanics.
530.13 / SET/S
Statistical Mechanics : entropy, order parameters, and complexity / James P. Sethna. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2006. - xix, 349 p. - Oxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics Oxford master series in physics ; .
What is statistical mechanics? -- Random walks with emergent properties. -- Temperature and equilibrium. -- Phase-space dynamics and ergodicity. -- Entropy. -- Free energies. -- Quantum statistical mechanics. -- Calculation and computation. -- Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology. -- Correlations, response, and dissipation. -- Abrupt phase transitions. -- Continuous phase transitions. -- Appendix: Fourier methods.
9780198566779
Statistical mechanics.
530.13 / SET/S