Computational Statistical Physics - Hardcover

Böttcher, Lucas; Herrmann, Hans J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1108841422 ISBN 13: 9781108841429

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Detailed account of computational statistical physics, including theoretical foundations and modern, computational applications.

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About the Authors

Lucas Böttcher is Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science at Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and Research Scientist at UCLA's Department of Computational Medicine. His research areas include statistical physics, applied mathematics, complex systems science, and computational physics. He is interested in the application of concepts and models from statistical physics to other disciplines, including biology, ecology, and sociology.

Hans J. Herrmann is Directeur de Recherche at CNRS in Paris, visiting Professor at the Federal University of Ceará in Brazil and Emeritus of ETH Zürich. He is a Guggenheim Fellow (1986), member of the Brazilian Academy of Science, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including the Max-Planck Prize (2002), the Gentner-Kastler prize (2005), the Aneesur Rahman prize (2018), and an IBM Faculty Award (2009), and he has received an ERC Advanced Grant (2012). He is Managing Editor of International Journal of Modern Physics C and of Granular Matter. He has coauthored over 700 publications and coedited 13 books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108841422
• ISBN 13: 9781108841429
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 268