Fluctuation Phenomena

by Elliott W. Montroll

Fluctuation phenomena are the tip of the iceberg'' revealing the existence, behind even the most quiescent appearing macroscopic states, of an underlying world of agitated, ever-changing microscopic processes. While the presence of these fluctuations can be ignored in some cases, e.g. if one is satisfied with purely thermostatic description of systems in equilibrium, they are central to the understanding of other phenomena, e.g. the nucleation of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444870385
• ISBN13: 9780444870384
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: North-Holland
• Length: 398 Pages