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Sethna, James P.

Statistical mechanics :entropy, order parameters, and complexity /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Statistical mechanics :James P. Sethna.
Reminder of title:	entropy, order parameters, and complexity /
Author:	Sethna, James P.
Published:	New York :Oxford University Press,2006.
Description:	xix, 349 p. :ill. ;26 cm.
Series:	Oxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics
Subject:	Statistical mechanics.
ISBN:	019856676X (hbk.)

Statistical mechanics :entropy, order parameters, and complexity /
Sethna, James P.

Statistical mechanics :entropy, order parameters, and complexity /James P. Sethna. - New York :Oxford University Press,2006. - xix, 349 p. :ill. ;26 cm. - Oxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-321) and index.

What is statistical mechanics? -- Random walks with emergent properties. -- Temperature and equilibrium. -- Phase-space dynamics and ergodicity. -- Entropy. -- Free energies. -- Quantum statistical mechanics. -- Calculation and computation. -- Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology. -- Correlations, response, and dissipation. -- Abrupt phase transitions. -- Continuous phase transitions. -- Appendix: Fourier methods.

ISBN: 019856676X (hbk.)

Standard No.: 9780198566762 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2006298188

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA614105bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013380323UkSubjects--Topical Terms:

191064
Statistical mechanics.

LC Class. No.: QC174.8 / .S48 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 530.13

Statistical mechanics :entropy, order parameters, and complexity /
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