Description

The present book is a teaching text designed to introduce the fundamentals of the subject of statistical mechanics. The treatment given is designed to give the student a feeling for the topic of statistical mechanics without being held back by the need to understand complex mathematics. The text is concise and concentrates on the understanding of fundamental aspects. Numerous questions with worked solutions are given throughout.

Features

• Concise treatment
• Concentrates on understanding of fundamental aspects
• Based on extensive teaching experience
• Numerous questions with worked solutions

Reviews

"This short book does indeed cover the central topics of a good undergraduate course. . . Overall, the chapters on specific models (paramagnets, ideal gases, electrons in metals, etc.) are well written and easily understandable. The main results and their key features are beautifully outlined and compared to experimental evidence, such as magnetization data for several different paramagnets. . . . The problems are well selected and appropriate." -- American Journal of Physics

Product Details

160 pages; 27 line illus.; ISBN13: 978-0-19-850815-1ISBN10: 0-19-850815-8