Statistical Mechanics: An Introduction (Ellis Horwood Series in Physics and Its Applications)

By David H. Trevens

This text covers the main applications of statistical mechanics to gases, liquids and solids - including metals and semiconductors. The book opens with discussion of some of the fundamental ideas that lie behind the subject. After a review of the Boltzmann distribution and the partition function there is a comprehensive treatment of gases based on Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics. Coverage of solids is given, followed by the application of statistical mechanics to liquids.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0138455120
• ISBN13: 9780138455125
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Ellis Horwood Ltd
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 7.0"