Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics: A Modern Perspective - Hardcover

Roberto Livi , Paolo Politi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107049547 ISBN 13: 9781107049543

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2017

Synopsis

A comprehensive and pedagogical text on nonequilibrium statistical physics, covering topics from random walks to pattern formation.

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About the Authors

Roberto Livi is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Florence, where he teaches courses on statistical physics and thermodynamics. He is also the Director of the Interdepartment Center for the Study of Complex Dynamics and an associate member of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) and of the Institute for Complex Systems of the National Research Council (CNR).

Paolo Politi is Head of the Florence Unit of the Institute for Complex Systems, National Research Council, and teaches statistical physics at the University of Florence. He is Fellow of the Marie Curie Association, of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. He was awarded the Outreach Prize of the Italian Physical Society for promoting the public discussion of science through Science Cafés.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107049547
• ISBN 13: 9781107049543
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 437