TY  - GEN
AU  - Baierlein, Ralph
TI  - Thermal Physics
SN  - 9780521658386 (PB)
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Statistical mechanics
KW  - Termodinamica
N1  - 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	

N2  - 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
ER  -