Statistical mechanics [[electronic resource] ] : entropy, order parameters, and complexity / / James P. Sethna

• Autore: Sethna James P
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (372 p.)
• Disciplina: 530.13
• Soggetto topico: Statistical mechanics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-321) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: What is statistical mechanics? -- Random walks with emergent properties. -- Temperature and equilibrium. -- Phase-space dynamics and ergodicity. -- Entropy. -- Free energies. -- Quantum statistical mechanics. -- Calculation and computation. -- Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology. -- Correlations, response, and dissipation. -- Abrupt phase transitions. -- Continuous phase transitions. -- Appendix: Fourier methods.
• Sommario/riassunto: Sethna's book distills the core ideas of statistical mechanics to make room for new advances important to information theory, complexity, and modern biology. Aimed at advanced undergraduates and early graduate students, Sethna's text explores everything from chaos through information theory to life at the end of the universe. - ;In each generation, scientists must redefine their fields: abstracting, simplifying and distilling the previous standard topics to make room for new advances and methods. Sethna's book takes this step for statistical mechanics - a field rooted in physics and chemistry
• Titolo autorizzato: Statistical mechanics
• ISBN: 1-281-34137-1; 0-19-156621-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454050303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics.; Oxford master series in physics ; ; 14.