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Zusatztext ? suitable for advanced engineering study in an engineering or physics curriculum. ? The problems at the end of each chapter and the discussion of applications will help students grasp many difficult concepts. ? very readable and should be considered for an undergraduate program or by people wanting to learn about statistical physics.-IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine! Vol. 27! No. 3! May/June 2011 Informationen zum Autor Kerson Huang is Professor of Physics, Emeritus at MIT. Since retiring from active teaching, Dr. Huang has been engaged in biophysics research. Klappentext Written by a world-renowned theoretical physicist, this textbook thoroughly familiarizes advanced undergraduate students with the different aspects of statistical physics. Along with many new exercises, this second edition expands discussion of phase transition in thermodynamics, covers stochastic processes in greater depth, reflects current research and emerging technology concerning Bose-Einstein condensation, and makes the Ginsburg-Landau theory of the order parameter accessible to students. The methodology is illustrated with applications in information theory, the stock market, computer simulations, semiconductors, and more. A solutions manual is available upon qualifying course adoption. Zusammenfassung Written by a world-renowned theoretical physicist, this textbook familiarizes advanced undergraduate students with the different aspects of statistical physics. Along with many exercises, it includes a discussion of phase transition in thermodynamics. It also covers stochastic processes. Inhaltsverzeichnis A Macroscopic View of Matter. Heat and Entropy. Using Thermodynamics. Phase Transitions. The Statistical Approach. Maxwell–Boltzmann Distribution. Transport Phenomena. Canonical Ensemble. Grand Canonical Ensemble. Noise. Stochastic Processes. Time-Series Analysis. The Langevin Equation. Quantum Statistics. Quantum Ensembles. The Fermi Gas. The Bose Gas. Bose–Einstein Condensation. The Order Parameter. Superfluidity. Superconductivity. Appendix. Index. ...
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A Macroscopic View of Matter. Heat and Entropy. Using Thermodynamics. Phase Transitions. The Statistical Approach. Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution. Transport Phenomena. Canonical Ensemble. Grand Canonical Ensemble. Noise. Stochastic Processes. Time-Series Analysis. The Langevin Equation. Quantum Statistics. Quantum Ensembles. The Fermi Gas. The Bose Gas. Bose-Einstein Condensation. The Order Parameter. Superfluidity. Superconductivity. Appendix. Index.
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... suitable for advanced engineering study in an engineering or physics curriculum. ... The problems at the end of each chapter and the discussion of applications will help students grasp many difficult concepts. ... very readable and should be considered for an undergraduate program or by people wanting to learn about statistical physics.
-IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 3, May/June 2011
