This textbook is for undergraduate students on a basic course in
Statistical Mechanics. The prerequisite is thermodynamics. It
begins with a study of three situations -- the closed system and
the systems in thermal contact with a reservoir -- in order to
formulate the important fundamentals: entropy from Boltzmann
formula, partition function and grand partition function. Through
the presentation of quantum statistics, Bose statistics and
Fermi-Dirac statistics are established, including as a special case
the classical situation of Maxell-Boltzmann statistics. A series of
examples ensue it: the harmonic oscillator, the polymer chain, the
two level system, bosons (photons, phonons, and the Bose-Einstein
condensation) and fermions (electrons in metals and in
semiconductors). A compact historical note on influential
scientists forms the concluding chapter. The unique presentation
starts off with the principles, elucidating the well-developed
theory, and only thereafter the application of theory. Calculations
on the main steps are detailed, leaving behind minimal gap. The
author emphasizes with theory the link between the macroscopic
world (thermodynamics) and the microscopic world.
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