An introduction to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics / Robert H. Swendsen
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This 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
1. Introduction 2. The classical ideal gas 3. Discrete probability theory 4. The classical ideal gas: configurational entropy 5. Continuous random numbers 6. The classical ideal gas: energy-dependence of entropy 7. Classical gases: ideal and other wise 8. Temperature , pressure, chemical potential, and all that 9. The postulates and laws of thermodynamics 10. Perturbations of thermodynamic state functions 11. Thermodynamic processes 12. Thermodynamic potentials 13. The consequences of extensivity 14. Thermodynamic identities 15. Extremum principles 16. Stability conditions 17. Phase transitions 18. The nernst postulate: the third law of thermodynamics 19. Ensembles in classical statstical mechanics 20. Classical ensembles: grand and otherwise 21. Irreversibility 22. Quantum ensembles 23. Quantum canonical ensemble 24. Black-body radiation 25. The harmonic solid 26. Ideal quantum gases 27. Bose-Einstein statistics 28. Fermi-Dirac statistics 29. Insulators and semiconductors 30. Phase transitions and the Ising model