{"product_id":"topics-in-statistical-mechanics-v3-brian-cowan-9781860945694","title":"Topics in Statistical Mechanics (V3)","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 1860945694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781860945694\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\/25\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Brian Cowan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46838337700095,"sku":"9781860945694","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3364086b-f822-4342-a7f1-ccd7415f2f74.jpg?v=1746589517","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/topics-in-statistical-mechanics-v3-brian-cowan-9781860945694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}