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020			_a9781107154018
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a536.7015195 _bOo9p
100			_aOono, Yoshitsugu
245			_aPerspectives on statistical thermodynamics _cYoshitsugu Oono
260			_bCambridge University Press _c2017 _aCambridge
300			_axxvii, 513p
520			_aThis original text develops a deep, conceptual understanding of thermal physics, highlighting the important links between thermodynamics and statistical physics, and examining how thermal physics fits within physics as a whole, from an empirical perspective. The first part of the book is devoted to elementary, mesoscopic topics such as Brownian motion, which leads to intuitive uses of large deviation theory, one of the pillars of modern probability theory. The book then introduces the key concepts behind statistical thermodynamics, and the final part describes more advanced and applied topics from thermal physics such as phase transitions and critical phenomena. This important subject is presented from a fresh perspective and in a highly pedagogical manner, with numerous worked examples and relevant cultural side notes throughout, making it ideal as either a textbook for advanced thermal physics courses or for self-study by undergraduate and graduate students in physics and engineering.
650			_aStatistical thermodynamics
942			_cBK
999			_c561126 _d561126