Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics

By Gene F. Mazenko

This text introduces ideas about symmetry and broken symmetry. The guide also provides a firm basis for the choice of macrovariables or thermodynamic variables, including the importance of Nambu-Goldstone modes. This theory is developed beyond the usual examples of simple fluids with discussion of magnets, liquid crystals, superfluids and solids. Phase transitions are treated in a number of specific applications. This text includes topics in information theory and chaos theory, discusses the symmetry and broken symmetry and includes many class-tested problems.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471328391
• ISBN13: 9780471328391
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Length: 630 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 1.3" x 6.4"