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008			111214s2012 enka 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780199646944 (Hard Bound)
041			_aeng
080			_a536.7 _bSWE
100	1		_aSwendsen, Robert H.
245	1	3	_aAn introduction to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2012.
300			_axx, 401 p. : _bill. ;
490	1		_aOxford graduate texts
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- The classical ideal gas -- Discrete probability theory -- The classical ideal gas: configurational entropy -- Continuous random numbers -- The classical ideal gas: energy-dependence -- Classical gases: ideal and otherwise -- Temperature, pressure, chemical potential, and all that -- The postulates and laws of thermodynamics -- Perturbations of thermodynamic state functions -- Thermodynamic processes -- Thermodynamic potentials -- The consequences of extensivity -- Thermodynamic identities -- Extremum principles -- Stability conditions -- Phase transitions -- The Nernst postulate: the third law of thermodynamics -- Ensembles in classical statistical mechanics -- Classical ensembles: grand and otherwise -- Irreversibility -- Quantum ensembles -- Quantum canonical ensemble -- Black-body radiation -- The harmonic solid -- Ideal quantum gases -- Bose-Einstein statistics -- Fermi-Dirac statistics -- Insulators and semiconductors -- Phase transitions and the Ising model -- Appendix: computer calculations and VPython.
520	8		_aThis text presents statistical mechanics and thermodynamics as a theoretically integrated field of study. It stresses deep coverage of fundamentals, providing a natural foundation for advanced topics--
546			_aeng
650		0	_aStatistical mechanics.
650		0	_aThermodynamics.
690			_aPhysics
942			_cBK