1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990010057790403321

Autore

Williams, Robin

Titolo

Imparo l'arte della grafica : le basi dell'impaginazione e della tipografia / Robin Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Vallardi, 2015

ISBN

978-88-6731-661-8

Descrizione fisica

239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

686.2252

Locazione

BFS

Collocazione

686.2252 WIL 1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457553603321

Autore

Le Bellac Michel

Titolo

Equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical thermodynamics / / Michel Le Bellac, Fabrice Mortessagne, and G. George Batrouni [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-107-14564-3

0-511-64817-0

0-511-19370-X

0-511-56214-4

0-511-60657-5

0-511-19444-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 616 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

536/.7

Soggetti

Thermodynamic equilibrium

Irreversible processes

Statistical thermodynamics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 605-610) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Thermostatics; 2 Statistical entropy and Boltzmann distribution; 3 Canonical and grand canonical ensembles: applications; 4 Critical phenomena; 5 Quantum statistics; 6 Irreversible processes: macroscopic theory; 7 Numerical simulations; 8 Irreversible processes: kinetic theory; 9 Topics in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics; Appendix; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This graduate-level text gives a self-contained exposition of fundamental topics in equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical thermodynamics. The text follows a balanced approach between the macroscopic (thermodynamic) and microscopic (statistical) points of view. The first half of the book deals with equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. In addition to standard subjects, the reader will find a detailed account of broken symmetries, critical phenomena and the renormalization group, as well as an introduction to numerical methods. The second half of the book is devoted to nonequilibrium phenomena, first following a macroscopic approach, with hydrodynamics as an important example. Kinetic theory receives a thorough treatment through analysis of the Boltzmann-Lorentz model and the Boltzmann equation. The book concludes with general nonequilibrium methods such as linear response, projection method and the Langevin and Fokker-Planck equations, including numerical simulations. This advanced textbook will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in physics.