Statistical Mechanics (Record no. 58789)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780198865247 (HB) |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Universal Decimal Classification number | 536 |
| Item number | SET |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Sethna, James P |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Statistical Mechanics |
| Sub Title | Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2nd edition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Place of publication | United Kingdom |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | XXVI,464 p |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Oxford master series in physics |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | What is statistical mechanics?<br/>Random walks and emergent properties<br/>Temperature and equilibrium<br/>Phase-space dynamics and ergodicity<br/>Entropy<br/>Free energies<br/>Quantum statistical mechanics<br/>Calculation and computation<br/>Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology<br/>Correlations, response, and dissipation<br/>Abrupt phase transitions<br/>Continuous phase transitions |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Statistical mechanics is our tool for deriving the laws that emerge from complex systems. Sethna's text distills the subject to be accessible to those in all realms of science and engineering -- avoiding extensive use of quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and molecular physics. Statistical mechanics explains how bacteria search for food, and how DNA replication is proof-read in biology; optimizes data compression, and explains transitions in complexity in computer science; explains the onset of chaos, and launched random matrix theory in mathematics; addresses extreme events in engineering; and models pandemics and language usage in the social sciences. Sethna's exercises introduce physicists to these triumphs and a hundred others -- broadening the horizons of scholars both practicing and nascent. Flipped classrooms and remote learning can now rely on 33 pre-class exercises that test reading comprehension (Emergent vs. fundamental; Weirdness in high dimensions; Aging, entropy and DNA), and 70 in-class activities that illuminate and broaden knowledge (Card shuffling; Human correlations; Crackling noises). Science is awash in information, providing ready access to definitions, explanations, and pedagogy. Sethna's text focuses on the tools we use to create new laws, and on the fascinating simple behavior in complex systems that statistical mechanics explains"-- Provided by publishe |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Statistical mechanics |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Physics |
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| Koha item type | BOOKS |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Current library | Shelving location | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| IMSc Library | First Floor, Rack No: 42, Shelf No: 12 | 536 SET | 77271 | BOOKS |