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A MODERN COURSE IN STATISTICAL PHYSICS - LINDA ...

A Modern Course in Statistical Physics is a textbook that illustrates the foundations of
equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics  and the universal nature of thermodynamic
processes  from the point of view of contemporary research problems.The book treats such
diverse topics as the microscopic theory of critical phenomena  superfluid dynamics  quantum
conductance  light scattering  transport processes  and dissipative structures  all in the
framework of the foundations of statistical physics and thermodynamics. It shows the quantum
origins of problems in classical statistical physics. One focus of the book is fluctuations
that occur due to the discrete nature of matter  a topic of growing importance for nanometer
scale physics and biophysics. Another focus concerns classical and quantum phase transitions 
in both monatomic and mixed particle systems.This fourth edition extends the range of topics
considered to include  for example  entropic forces  electrochemical processes in biological
systems and batteries  adsorption processes in biological systems  diamagnetism  the theory of
Bose-Einstein condensation  memory effects in Brownian motion  the hydrodynamics of binary
mixtures. A set of exercises and problems is to be found at the end of each chapter and  in
addition  solutions to a subset of the problems is provided. The appendices cover Exact
Differentials  Ergodicity  Number Representation  Scattering Theory  and also a short course on
Probability.

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