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Springer Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics by Walter Greiner, Ludwig Neise, Horst Stoecker, D. Rischke
From the reviews: "This book excels by its variety of modern examples in solid state physics, magnetism, elementary particle physics [...] I can recommend it strongly as a valuable source, especially to those who are teaching basic statistical physics at our universities." Physicalia_x000D_ Table of contents :- _x000D_
Foreword; Preface; _x000D_
I. Thermodynamics_x000D_
1. Equilibrium and State Quantities; 2. The Laws of Thermodynamics; 3. Phase Transitions and Chemical Reactions; 4. Thermodynamic Potentials_x000D_
II. Statistical Mechanics_x000D_
5. Number of Microstates and Entropy; 6. Ensemble Theory and the Microcanonical Ensemble; 7. The Canonical Ensemble; 8. Application of Boltzmann Statistics; 9. The Macrocanonical Ensemble_x000D_
III. Quantum Statistics_x000D_
10. Density Operators; 11. The Symmetry Character of Many-Particle Wavefunctions; 12. Grand Canonical Description of Ideal Quantum Systems; 13. The Ideal Bose Gas; 14. Ideal Fermi Gas; 15. Applications of Relativistic Bose and Fermi Gases_x000D_
IV. Real Gases and Phase Transitions_x000D_
16. Real Gases; 17. Classification of Phase Transitions; 18. The Models of Ising and Heisenberg; Index_x000D_