{"product_id":"topics-in-statistical-mechanics-brian-cowan-9781860945649","title":"Topics in Statistical Mechanics","description":"Building on the material learned by students in their first few years of study, this book presents an advanced level course on statistical and thermal physics. It begins with a review of the formal structure of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics considered from a unified viewpoint. After a brief revision of non-interacting systems, emphasis is laid on interacting systems. First, weakly interacting systems are considered, where the interest is in seeing how such interactions cause small deviations from the non-interacting case. Second, systems are examined where interactions lead to drastic changes, namely phase transitions. A number of specific examples are given, and these are unified within the Landau theory of phase transitions. The final chapter of the book looks at non-equilibrium systems and the way these evolve towards equilibrium. Here, fluctuations play a vital role, as is formalized in the Fluctuation-Dissipation theorem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Cowan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1860945643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781860945649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Imperial College Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.46w x 0.90d","brand":"Brian Cowan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065864106239,"sku":"9781860945649","price":86.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_841315e6-36f8-4297-8e68-d8c4612df241.jpg?v=1768677753","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/topics-in-statistical-mechanics-brian-cowan-9781860945649","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}