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0 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The book might be great but I definitely need a more extensive grounding in the methods of statistical physics before really understanding the book. Not the author's fault, but mine. At my present level of knowledge (VERY rusty degree a long time ago) I can't evaluate the contact fairly. Be warned!
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An excellent guide in statistical thermodynamics
7 July 2000
Format:Paperback
This book is an excellent guide in statistical thermodynamics. It's started with the theoretical justification of phenomenological thermodynamics and its system of concepts. In principle the methods of statistical mechanics are applicable to non-equilibrium states as well as to equilibrium properties. The author (Nobel prize,1933) treats only the theory of equilibrium properties for which the destination "Statistical Thermodynamics" has been adopted. As a consequence of the structure of phenomenological thermodynamic, statistical thermodynamics developed in this book separates into two principal parts: the derivation of thermodynamic principles and the calculation of thermodynamic functions for concrete systems. This text seems especially good for teaching basic thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. I recommend this book especially for students, because it's highest quality is the clarity of the exposed physical ideas.
Statistical Ensembles
23 Jan 2012
Format:Paperback
This little book was recommended to me by a mentor, Wendell C. DeMarcus, in 1967 for its development of statistical ensembles. Schrödinger introduced the notion of a theoretical statistical ensemble as N-1 mental copies of the system interacting weakly with themselves. The reader will do well to buy this cheap Dover version (mine was published by Cambridge) and study it. It was written in Dublin in the same era that E.S. gave his now-famous genetics lectures and speculated that a 'genetic script'
(genetische Schrift) is written in linear fashion on the chromosomes. I was a student of Lars Onsager but I never asked Lars what he thought of Schrödinger's little book. DeMarcus was a collaborator of Onsager.
(genetische Schrift) is written in linear fashion on the chromosomes. I was a student of Lars Onsager but I never asked Lars what he thought of Schrödinger's little book. DeMarcus was a collaborator of Onsager.
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16 Nov 2011
Format:Paperback
I have an ancient copy and also a newer version, the first was handed over to me by one of Polykarp Kusch's associates prior to his retirement from UTD. I have since read this book, as it was recommended reading for my thermodynamics class as well. I find it to be highly useful for the Fermi Dirac versus Bose-Einstein, Stirling's theorem and Nernst theorems. Also a mighty useful introduction to EM. Also I used it during my Masters for some of my thermo and solid state classes too. I'm glad I didn't have to take a 6th solid state class during my PhD, since by the time I finished mastering Solid State Physics in grad school, I was able to undergo examination by a graduate professor over the Mermin classic and was able to derive the equations because of reading little books like this one. Which was a good thing, cause I had a mini physics qualifier over lunch, and was asked to derive the Fermi Dirac and Bose Einstein equations and had to give a good explanation for them. I was then tested over all of both Kittel and Ashcroft & Mermin, and spent a good hour discussing both, 30 minutes of Kittel, and 30 minutes of Mermin, chapter by chapter. Other graduate students cringed when they heard that, as did some of the fellow professors. I'm glad I had an outstanding undergraduate education, where this kind of thing was to be expected.
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