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Baierlein, Ralph

Thermal Physics - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1999 - ix, 442p

The second law of thermodynamics
Entropy and efficiency
Entropy in quantum theory
The canonical probability distribution
Photons and phonons
The chemical potential
The quantum ideal gas
Fermions and bosons at low temperature
he free energies
Chemical equilibrium
Phase equilibrium
The classical limit
Approaching zero
Transport processes
Critical phenomena


Requiring only an elementary knowledge of classical mechanics and some rudimentary ideas from quantum theory, this textbook provides a clear, instructive and highly readable introduction to thermal physics

ISBN: 9780521658386 (PB)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Statistical mechanics
Termodinamica

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 536.7 / BAI