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050			_aQC174.8 _b.H82 2001
100	1		_aHuang, Kerson, _d1928- _949022
245	1	0	_aIntroduction to Statistical Physics / _cKerson Huang.
260			_aLondon : _bTaylor & Francis, _c2001.
300			_a288 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aThe Macroscopic View. Heat and Entropy. Using Thermodynamics. Phase Transitions. The Statistical Approach. Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution. Transport Phenomena. Quantum Statistics. The Fermi Gas. The Bose Gas. Bose-Einstein Condensation. Canonical Ensemble. Grand Canonical Ensemble. The Order Parameter. Superfluidity. Noise. Stochastic Processes. Time- Series Analysis.
520			_aThis book fills the need for an intermediate undergraduate textbook on statistical physics. The subject is introduced from a phenomenalogical stance and presented in terms of thermodynamics, stressing the power and practicality of this approach. The atomic view is then discussed and formal stistical mechanics is brought in. Finally the reader is brought back to phenomenology, in the treatment of noise and random processes. Examples are drawn from topics of strong current interest, such as quantum optics, superconductivity and Bose-Einstein condensation. The book contains a large number of examples and a solutions manual and teachers guide will accompany the text.
650		0	_aStatistical physics. _918818
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