Statistical physics has its origins in attempts to describe the
thermal properties of matter in terms of its constituent particles,
and has played a fundamental role in the development of quantum
mechanics. Based on lectures taught by Professor Kardar at MIT, this
textbook introduces the central concepts and tools of statistical
physics. It contains a chapter on probability and related issues such
as the central limit theorem and information theory, and covers
interacting particles, with an extensive description of the van der
Waals equation and its derivation by mean field approximation. It also
contains an integrated set of problems, with solutions to selected
problems at the end of the book and a complete set of solutions is
available to lecturers on a password protected website at
www.cambridge.org/9780521873420. A companion volume, Statistical
Physics of Fields, discusses non-mean field aspects of scaling and
critical phenomena, through the perspective of renormalization group.
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9781139637558
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2013
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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