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Making sense of statistical mechanics

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Making sense of statistical mechanicsby Jean Bricmont.
Author:	Bricmont, Jean.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2022.
Description:	x, 368 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Statistical mechanics.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91794-4
ISBN:	9783030917944$q(electronic bk.)

Making sense of statistical mechanics
Bricmont, Jean.

Making sense of statistical mechanics[electronic resource] /by Jean Bricmont. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2022. - x, 368 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm. - Undergraduate lecture notes in physics,2192-4805. - Undergraduate lecture notes in physics..

What We Need from Thermodynamics -- What Are Probabilities? -- Dynamical Systems -- Statistical Mechanics 1 : The Nature of Equilibrium -- Statistical Mechanics 2: Irreversibility -- Demystifying Entropy -- Comparison with Quantum Mechanics.

Many people, including physicists, are confused about what the Second Law of thermodynamics really means, about how it relates to the arrow of time, and about whether it can be derived from classical mechanics. They also wonder what entropy really is: Is it all about information? But, if so, then, what is its relation to fluxes of heat? One might ask similar questions about probabilities: Do they express subjective judgments by us, humans, or do they reflect facts about the world, i.e. frequencies. And what notion of probability is used in the natural sciences, in particular statistical mechanics? This book addresses all of these questions in the clear and pedagogical style for which the author is known. Although valuable as accompaniment to an undergraduate course on statistical mechanics or thermodynamics, it is not a standard course book. Instead it addresses both the essentials and the many subtle questions that are usually brushed under the carpet in such courses. As one of the most lucid accounts of the above questions, it provides enlightening reading for all those seeking answers, including students, lecturers, researchers and philosophers of science.

ISBN: 9783030917944$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-91794-4doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

191064
Statistical mechanics.

LC Class. No.: QC174.8 / .B75 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 530.13

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