Statistical Physics: A Probabilistic Approach

By Bernard H. Lavenda

Book Overview

Offers a new, probabilistic approach to statistical mechanics by incorporating Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics. Includes Boltzmann's principle, black-body radiation, quantum statistics, conjugate distributions, statistical equivalence, and the kinetic foundation of Gauss' principle.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471546070
• ISBN13: 9780471546078
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.4" x 1.0" x 6.3"