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008 060825s2006 enka b 001 0 eng d
020 _a9780198566779
041 _aeng
082 0 4 _a530.13
_bSET/S
100 1 _aSethna, James P.
245 1 0 _aStatistical Mechanics :
_bentropy, order parameters, and complexity /
_cJames P. Sethna.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_cc2006.
300 _axix, 349 p.
440 0 _aOxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics
440 0 _aOxford master series in physics ;
505 0 _aWhat 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.
650 0 _aStatistical mechanics.
942 _cBK
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