Statistical Mechanics: An Introduction (Ellis Horwood series in physics & its applications) - Softcover

Trevena, D. H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0138455120 ISBN 13: 9780138455125

Publisher: Ellis Horwood Ltd , Publisher, 1992

Synopsis

This text covers the main applications of statistical mechanics to gases, liquids and solids - including metals and semiconductors. The book opens with discussion of some of the fundamental ideas that lie behind the subject. After a review of the Boltzmann distribution and the partition function there is a comprehensive treatment of gases based on Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics. Coverage of solids is given, followed by the application of statistical mechanics to liquids.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ellis Horwood Ltd , Publisher
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0138455120
• ISBN 13: 9780138455125
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150