The Principles of Statistical Mechanics - Richard C. Tolman
- Title: The Principles of Statistical Mechanics
- Author: Richard C. Tolman
- Pages: 661 pages
- Publisher: Dover Publications; New Ed edition (February 1, 1980)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0486638960
- ISBN-13: 978-0486638966
Review
Most books on statistical mechanics are both heavy on conceptual abstraction and mathematical sophistication. Tolman’s book really helps the reader understand what is going on, including a discussion of why its necessary to consider ergodic or quasi-ergodic systems in the cannonical ensemble. It also contains explicit chapters on the relationship of classical and quantum statistical mechanics, a subject often left unclear or unexplored by other textbooks, or left to the teacher to show how in the proper limit the classical results are recovered from quantum calculations.
Book Description
Classic treatment of a subject essential to contemporary physics. Classical and quantum statistical mechanics, plus application to thermodynamic behavior.
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