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Foundations of Statistical Mechanics - Equilibrium Theory (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987) Loot Price: R5,613
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Foundations of Statistical Mechanics - Equilibrium Theory (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987): W. T....

Foundations of Statistical Mechanics - Equilibrium Theory (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987)

W. T. Grandy Jr

Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics, 19

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In a certain sense this book has been twenty-five years in the writing, since I first struggled with the foundations of the subject as a graduate student. It has taken that long to develop a deep appreciation of what Gibbs was attempting to convey to us near the end of his life and to understand fully the same ideas as resurrected by E.T. Jaynes much later. Many classes of students were destined to help me sharpen these thoughts before I finally felt confident that, for me at least, the foundations of the subject had been clarified sufficiently. More than anything, this work strives to address the following questions: What is statistical mechanics? Why is this approach so extraordinarily effective in describing bulk matter in terms of its constituents? The response given here is in the form of a very definite point of view-the principle of maximum entropy (PME). There have been earlier attempts to approach the subject in this way, to be sure, reflected in the books by Tribus [Thermostat ics and Thermodynamics, Van Nostrand, 1961], Baierlein [Atoms and Information Theory, Freeman, 1971], and Hobson [Concepts in Statistical Mechanics, Gordon and Breach, 1971].

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Imprint: Springer
Country of origin: Netherlands
Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics, 19
Release date: October 2011
First published: 1987
Authors: W. T. Grandy Jr
Dimensions: 240 x 160 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 380
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
ISBN-13: 978-9401082198
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Probability & statistics
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Thermodynamics & statistical physics > Statistical physics
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LSN: 9401082197
Barcode: 9789401082198

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