Seddon J.M., Gale J.D. Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Sрringer, 2001, 274 pages Nonextensive statistical mechanics is now a rapidly growing field and a new stream in the research of the foundations of statistical mechanics. This generalization of the well-known Boltzmann-Gibbs theory enables the study of systems with long-range interactions, long-term memories or multi-fractal structures. This book consists of a set of self-contained lectures and includes additional contributions where some of th...

Wiley-Blackwell, 756 pages, 1975, ISBN-10: 0471046000 The textbook covers topics on: Review on Hamiltonian Dynamics, Statistical Ensembles, Reduced Distribution Functions, Equlibrium Ensembles and Thermodynamics, Equilibrium Systems of Ideal Systems, Slightly Nonideal Systems in Equilibrium, Reduced Distribution Functions in Equilibrium, Dense Fluids in Equilibrium, Phase Transitions, Modern Theories, of Critical Phenomena, Intuitive Treatment o...

Oxford University Press, 1994. 704 р. This much-needed monograph presents a systematic, step-by-step approach to the continuum modeling of flow phenomena exhibited within materials endowed with a complex internal microstructure, such as polymers and liquid crystals. By combining the principles of Hamiltonian mechanics with those of irreversible thermodynamics, Antony N. Beris and Brian J. Edwards, renowned authorities on the subject, expertly d...

Academic Press, Elsevier, 2011, 390 pages Introductory Statistical Thermodynamics is a text for an introductory one-semester course in statistical thermodynamics for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in physics and engineering. The book offers a high level of detail in derivations of all equations and results. This information is necessary for students to grasp difficult concepts in physics that are needed to move on to higher lev...

Cambridge University Press, 297 pages, 1999. This book provides an introduction to nonequilibrium statistical mechanics applied to ideas in chaotic dynamics. The author illustrates how techniques in statistical mechanics can be used to calculate quantities that are essential to understanding the chaotic behavior of fluid systems. Beginning with important background information, the volume goes on to introduce basic concepts of dynamical systems t...

Institute of Physics Publishing Bristol and Philadelphia, 1st edition, 291 pages, 1999, ISBN-10: 0750305401 Presents an introduction to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics from a mathematical point of view. Suitable for advanced undergraduate or beginning postgraduate students of mathematics and physics with a knowledge or probability theory, real analysis and the rudiments of Newtonian mechanics.

Springer, 359 pages, 1999, ISBN-10: 9783540648833 This clear book presents a critical and modern analysis of the conceptual foundations of statistical mechanics as laid down in Boltzmann's works. The author emphasises the relation between microscopic reversibility and macroscopic irreversibility, explaining fundamental concepts in detail.

Springer. 2006. 419 p. Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics of Phase Transitions Dynamics of Phase Transitions Phase Transitions in Liquids and Solids: Solidification and Melting Phase Transformations in Fluids The Glass Transition Gelation and Transitions in Biopolymers Transitions and Collective Phenomena in Solids. New Properties Collective Phenomena in Liquids: Liquid Crystals and Superfluidity Microstructures, Nanostructures and Phase Tr...

Cambridge University Press, 2007. 556 p. ISBN:0521865573 This introductory textbook for standard undergraduate courses in thermodynamics has been completely rewritten. Starting with an overview of important quantum behaviours, the book teaches students how to calculate probabilities, in order to provide a firm foundation for later chapters. It introduces the ideas of classical thermodynamics and explores them both in general and as they are app...

Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2011, 668 pages Graduate Texts in Physics This textbook explains completely the general and statistical thermodynamics. It begins with an introductory statistical mechanics course, deriving all the important formulae meticulously and explicitly, without mathematical short cuts. The main part of the book deals with the careful discussion of the concepts and laws of thermodynamics, van der Waals, Kelvin and Claudius theor...