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999 _c186518
_d186518
020 _a9781119975304
040 _cCUS
082 _a536.7015195
_bFOR/S
100 _aFord, Ian.
245 0 _aStatistical physics: an entropic approach/
_cIan Ford
260 _aChichester:
_bWiley-Blackwell,
_c2013.
300 _axiv, 266 p. :
_bill. ;
_c26 cm.
505 _a1 Disorder or uncertainty? 2 Classical thermodynamics 3 Applications of classical thermodynamics 4 Core ideas of statistical thermodynamics 5 Statistical thermodynamics of a system of harmonic oscillators 6 The Boltzmann factor and the canonical partition function 7 The grand canonical ensemble and grand partition function 8 Statistical models of entropy 9 Statistical thermodynamics of the classical ideal gas 10 Quantum gases 11 Boson gas 12 Fermion gas 13 Photon gas Statistical thermodynamics of interacting particles Thermodynamics away from equilibrium The dynamics of probability Fluctuation relations Final remarks Further Reading
650 _aStatistical thermodynamics
942 _cSC79