Statistical mechanics : entropy, order parameters, and complexity

By:

Sethna, James P

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford, Oxford University Press 2006Description: 349PISBN:

9780198566779

DDC classification:

530.13 SET

Contents:

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

Summary: Sethna distills the core ideas of statistical mechanics to make room for new advances important to information theory, complexity, and modern biology. He explores everything from chaos through to life at the end of the universe

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	IIITDM Kurnool General Stacks	Non-fiction	530.13 SET (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0004910
Books	IIITDM Kurnool General Stacks	Non-fiction	530.13 SET (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0004911

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

Sethna distills the core ideas of statistical mechanics to make room for new advances important to information theory, complexity, and modern biology. He explores everything from chaos through to life at the end of the universe

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